Gender differences in psychological factors shaping smoking decisions of Chilean adolescents.
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SUBMITTER: Elmore K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5014729 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
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Gender differences in psychological factors shaping smoking decisions of Chilean adolescents.
Elmore Kristen K Delva Jorge J Andrade Fernando F
Journal of health psychology 20160307 13
This study examined gender differences in how internalizing and externalizing symptoms affect adolescents' decisions about smoking in Chile, where girls smoke at some of the highest rates in the world. In multivariate logistic regression analyses with 607 adolescents, internalizing symptoms, such as depressed mood and anxiety, predicted smoking among girls more than boys, with girls who were low in internalizing symptoms being more likely to smoke than those who were high in internalizing sympto ...[more]
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