Peers, Perceptions, and E-Cigarettes: A Social Learning Approach to Explaining E-Cigarette Use Among Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-489
Author(s):  
Gregory C. Rocheleau ◽  
Anthony G. Vito ◽  
Jonathan Intravia
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Risk Perceptions ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Personal Risk ◽  
Monitoring The Future

This study uses social learning theory to examine whether differential associations with e-cigarette-using peers is related to personal e-cigarette use among youth, and the extent to which this relationship is explained by personal risk perceptions of e-cigarettes. Moreover, this study tests whether the mediation process is moderated by type of e-cigarette user. This study uses a sample of high school seniors from the 2016 Monitoring the Future Study ( N = 2,100), and a subsample of e-cigarette users ( n = 523). Analyses are carried out using OLS and logistic regression. Findings demonstrate that higher levels of peer e-cigarette use are related to higher odds of personal e-cigarette use, but that risk perceptions of e-cigarettes only explain a modest portion of that relationship (about 10%). Furthermore, the mediation process does not appear to vary by type of e-cigarette user. Future directions and policy implications are discussed.

Vaping in the Context of Delinquency Among Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Comparison Among Alcohol and Cigarette Use

2021 ◽  
pp. 002204262110022
Author(s):  
Christian P. Maynard
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Social Bonding ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Future ◽  
Monitoring The Future ◽  
Alcohol Users

Vaping has been increasing with Monitoring the Future, indicating nicotine vaping (2017–2018) having the largest single-year jump among any substance recorded in its 45-year history. Overall, research on vaping has been substantially limited, primarily in the context of vaping and delinquency. This study’s purpose is to examine how nicotine vaping compares with other common substances used by adolescents like alcohol and cigarettes within the context of delinquency. Using secondary data from Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth conducted in 2017, with a sample size of 8,467 participants, we find that ever-nicotine “vapers” were associated with less delinquency than ever-cigarette-using youth; however, these “vapers” were associated with more delinquency than ever-alcohol users. We interpret these results in the context of social bonding and social learning theory and policies to create awareness on the potential social implications of vaping.

School Tobacco Control Policies Related to Students’ Smoking and Attitudes Toward Smoking: National Survey Results, 1999-2000

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 780-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Revathy Kumar ◽  
Patrick M. O’Malley ◽  
Lloyd D. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Policies ◽  
Monitoring The Future ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Attitudes Toward Smoking

The belief that schools can play a powerful role in preventing tobacco use among adolescents has led to the implementation of various tobacco-related polices and practices. This study examines the association between school policies regarding monitoring student behavior, severity of action taken for infraction of policies, and tobacco use by staff, and student smoking behavior and attitudes. Data on students’ smoking behavior and attitudes were obtained from the 1999 and 2000 Monitoring the Future surveys of nationally representative samples of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students. Data on school policies and practices were obtained from administrators in those same schools. Hierarchical analyses using HLM5 were conducted. Strictness of monitoring was significantly negatively associated with daily cigarette use by middle school students. Permitting staff to smoke was significantly positively associated with students’ daily cigarette use and negatively with their disapproval of cigarette use. Policy implications are discussed.

The Utility of Social Learning Theory in Explaining Cigarette Use in a Military Setting

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 787-795
Author(s):  
Ugur Orak ◽  
Muhammed Yildiz ◽  
Ozgur Solakoglu ◽  
Ramazan Aydogdu ◽  
Cihan Aydiner
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Cigarette Use

scholarly journals CREATING COMMUNITY BASED ON RELIGION AND CULTURE: SOCIAL LEARNING IN HINDU AND MUSLIM RELATIONSHIPS IN BALI

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Made Saihu
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Role Models ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Muslim Communities

This study discusses the harmony of Hindus and Muslims in Jembrana Bali from the point of view of social learning by integrating religion and culture in the daily social interactions between the two religions. All social learning in the two religious communities is based on the Tri Hita Karana philosophy, means the three causes of welfare. In the culture of paras-paros sarpanaya salunglung sabayantaka, agawe likes ning len, awak mesedare, are cultures that shows Hindu and Muslim harmony. Through a social learning approach, this study emphasizes the importance of selective observation and seeing the behavior of others. The essence of social learning theory is modeling and this modeling is one of the most important steps in integrated learning because most humans learn through selective observation and remembering the behavior of others. Even though some cultures come from certain religions, observation and modeling is able to encourage harmony between religious communities in Jembrana so that they become role models for the next generation. Here the Hindu and Muslim communities understood their position to protect and respect their respective religions and cultures, even to a certain degree, it is indicated by adjustments to traditions, such as potong gigi, ziarah, selametan, using udeng and kamben. A social learning model that shows a portrait of harmony between religious communities in Indonesia.

Social Learning, Self-Control, and Substance Abuse by Eighth Grade Students: A Tale of Two Cities

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Thomas Winfree ◽  
Frances P. Bernat
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Social Learning ◽  
Control Theory ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Eighth Grade Students

Social learning theory has been used to explain substance abuse among adolescents literally from its inception in the 1960s. This theory suggests that basically good children learn to become substance abusers due to such social forces as internalized definitions supportive of delinquent behavior, the influence of delinquent peers, the presence of powerful social reinforcers, and the absence of adequate social punishers. Self-control theory, a more recent theoretical entry, has rather different views about adolescent misbehavior: children become delinquent owing to inadequate parenting and poorly developed self-controls. Taken together these two perspectives should provide unique insights into the self-reported substance abuse of eighth grade students in two rather different cities: Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Cruces, New Mexico, despite the considerable differences between the two cities. We address the following question: to what extent do social learning theory and self-control theory provide insights into the city-specific patterns of self-reported substance abuse. We also review the theoretical and policy implications of our findings.

The Relevance of the Dual Systems Model for Social Learning Theory: Testing for Moderation Effects

2021 ◽  
pp. 009385482110179
Author(s):  
Thomas Wojciechowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Social Learning Theory ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Dual Systems ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Systems Model ◽  
Peer Association ◽  
The Relationship

Social learning theory is one of the most prominent criminological theories of the 20th century. The dual systems model represents an emerging framework in recent years, which may help to better understand how social learning processes are influenced by sensation-seeking and impulse control. This study utilized data from all waves of the Pathways to Desistance study. A series of mixed-effects models were utilized to test for moderating effects of these constructs on offending outcomes. Impulse control moderated the relationship between deviant peer association and offending frequency, indicating that high levels of both constructs predicted increased offending frequency. Sensation-seeking moderated the relationship between deviant peer association and odds of offending, indicating that high levels of both constructs were associated with greater odds of offending although this moderation effect was only marginally significant.

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