title: Emotional self-efficacy and alcohol and tobacco use in adolescents.
abstract: This study examined relationships between emotional self-efficacy (ESE) and alcohol and tobacco use in a statewide sample of public high school adolescents (n = 2,566). The Center for Disease Control Youth Risk Behavior Survey and an adolescent ESE scale were utilized. Logistic regression analyses indicated the presence of any significant race by gender associations between lower ESE and alcohol and tobacco use. Results suggest that alcohol and cigarette use was significantly associated (p ≤ .05) with lower levels of ESE for certain race/gender groups. Results have implications for school- and community-based mental health services and substance use prevention/education programs for adolescents. Measures of ESE as a component of comprehensive assessments of adolescent mental health in fieldwork, research, and substance abuse prevention/education program evaluation efforts should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
authors.forename: Keith J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Zullig
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Dac A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Teoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion, Education, & Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA Department of Family & Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA RFValois@mailbox.sc.edu.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Valois
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001741:Black or African American; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D064424:Tobacco Use / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People
keywords: adolescents; alcohol; emotional self-efficacy; mental health; substance use behaviors; tobacco