The influence of racism on cigarette smoking: Longitudinal study of young people in a British multiethnic cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Studies, predominantly from the US, suggest that positive parenting, social support, academic achievement, and ethnic identity may buffer the impact of racism on health behaviours, including smoking, but little is known about how such effects might operate for ethnically diverse young people in the United Kingdom. We use the Determinants of young Adult Social well-being and Health (DASH), the largest UK longitudinal study of ethnically diverse young people, to address the following questions: a) Is racism associated with smoking? b) Does the relationship between racism and smoking vary by gender and by ethnicity? (c) Do religious involvement, parenting style and relationship with parents modify any observed relationship? and d) What are the qualitative experiences of r

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC5783341 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature