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Like Parents, like Teenagers: A Romanian Youth Smoking Overview

Iordanescu CorneliaIordanescu EugenDraghici Aurelia

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quasi-experimentRomanianSignificant differenceSample (statistics)Youth smokingsmokinglanguage.human_languageSmoking behaviorHealth psychologyfamily influencesFamily modellanguageGeneral Materials ScienceadolescentsPsychologyQuasi-experimentDemography

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AbstractThis paper estimates how family model influences youth's smoking behaviors and describes smoking behavior in Romania nowadays. A questionnaire-based survey was used and data was collected from a national sample (1,364 people: 536 male and 828 female; average age 22,71 years and SD=3,128). The paper analyses only the items relevant for smoking behavior.Using a quasi-experimental design, we found a significant difference determinated by father's model (ρ(1364)= 0,158, p < 0,05), mother's model (ρ(1362)=0,155, p < 0,05), and brothers/sisters’ model (ρ(1362)=0,219, p < 0,05), regarding smoking behavior.Keywords: smoking behaviour, Romanian teenagers, parental model, Health Psychology

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2015-08-01Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.08.308