The Role of Parental Engagement in the Intergenerational Transmission of Smoking Behavior and Identity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Prior research has found that the protective effect of parental engagement on adolescent smoking behaviors may be weaker if parents smoke. We examine parental influence on adolescent smoking using a social learning theory framework. We hypothesize that adolescents are more likely to mimic parental smoking behavior if they perceive parents as being more engaged and if the parent is the same gender of the adolescent.

Methods

Hypotheses were tested using a diverse sample of 6,998 adolescents who were followed for seven waves (grades 6-12). Adolescent gender, time-stable and time-varying effects of parental engagement, adolescent perceptions of parental smoking, and interactions among the effects of these variables are tested using multilevel mediation models. We use a t

SUBMITTER: Gottfredson NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5401798 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature