Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking and Health Risk and Problem Behaviors Among US Adolescents

1997 ◽  
Vol 151 (1) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis G. Escobedo
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Smoking And Health

Adolescent cigarette smoking and health risk behavior

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy H. Busen ◽  
Vickie Modeland ◽  
Kamiar Kouzekanani
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Health Risk Behavior ◽  
Smoking And Health

scholarly journals Pilot Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamika C. B. Zapolski ◽  
Gregory T. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Behavioral Therapy ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Health Risk Behaviors ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Skills Group

A significant proportion of youth engage in health risk behaviors, which are of concern, as they are associated with adverse health consequences across development. Two factors associated with engagement in such behaviors are emotion dysregulation and impulsivity. Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) is an effective intervention that enhances emotion regulation skills to reduce problem behaviors among adolescent populations; however, limited research has been conducted implementing the program within school settings. The current study was a 9-week DBT skills group conducted among 80 middle school youth, with pre–posttest data among 53 students. Findings indicated feasibility to implement the program in schools and preliminary evidence of efficacy in decreasing youth’s likelihood to engage in risky, particularly among youth high on an emotion-based impulsivity trait. Brief DBT skills group may be an effective program to be utilized by school nurses and health-care teams to reduce health risk behaviors among school-aged youth.

Male Adolescents Involved in Pregnancy: Associated Health Risk and Problem Behaviors

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-268
Author(s):  
Roger W. Spingarn ◽  
Robert H. DuRant
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
Stepwise Logistic Regression ◽  
Cocaine Use ◽  
Male Adolescents ◽  
In Pregnancy

Objective. Little is known about male high school students who have been involved in a pregnancy. This study was undertaken to determine whether male involvement with a pregnancy during adolescence is associated with other risk and problem behaviors. Methods. The 1993 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey was conducted on a random sample of 3054 9th- through 12th-grade students. The use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, early and multiple sexual experiences, fighting resulting in injury, and demographic variables were compared between sexually active young men who reported being involved in pregnancy (n = 82) and their counterparts who reported not ever causing a pregnancy (n = 537). Associations were measured using x2 analyses and Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance. Stepwise logistic regression was used to further analyze those variables significantly associated with involvement with a pregnancy. Results. Based on logistic regression, older age and earlier ages of onset of cocaine use, initial sexual intercourse, and regular use of cigarettes were associated with being involved with a pregnancy. An increased lifetime frequency of cocaine use, lifetime frequency of alcohol use, and an increased number of lifetime sexual partners were also associated with having caused a pregnancy. Those who reported involvement with a pregnancy reported a higher frequency of being injured in a fight during the past year, drinking while driving, and having multiple sexual partners during the previous 30 days than those who had not gotten someone pregnant. Conclusions. A history of being involved with a pregnancy clustered with other health risk and problem behaviors to form a "risk behavior syndrome." These findings suggest that when risk behaviors are encountered during the routine comprehensive screening of male adolescents, strategies for pregnancy prevention among young men should also be emphasized.

scholarly journals Cigarette Smoking and Multiple Health Risk Behaviors: A Latent Class Regression Model to Identify a Profile of Young Adolescents

Risk Analysis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 1771-1782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Charrier ◽  
Paola Berchialla ◽  
Paola Dalmasso ◽  
Alberto Borraccino ◽  
Patrizia Lemma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Health Risk ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Health Risk Behaviors ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Latent Class Regression ◽  
Multiple Health

An Adult Communication Skills Program to Prevent Adolescent Smoking

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
John K. Worden ◽  
Brian S. Flynn ◽  
Susan F. Brisson ◽  
Roger H. Secker-Walker ◽  
Timothy L. McAuliffe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Smoking Initiation ◽  
Adolescent Smoking ◽  
Peer Influences ◽  
One Year

To prevent cigarette smoking among adolescents, communication skills workshops were developed to teach adults how to help young people make responsible decisions and resist peer influences. Workshops were conducted with 125 parents, teachers, and other adults. They were evaluated through a one-year follow-up survey of participants to assess knowledge and use of skills and a behavioral comparison of adolescent smoking initiation between an area receiving a high intensity of workshops and an area of lower intensity. Results indicated participants were mostly mothers, 66 percent of those surveyed one year after the workshop reported use of skills five or more times in the past month, and significantly fewer adolescents in the high intensity area initiated cigarette smoking than in the other area ( p = .0031). While the study had design limitations, it suggested that adult communication skills training may have an impact on adolescent smoking and other problem behaviors.

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