Expectancies and reasons for use of e-cigarettes among young adults: A longitudinal analysis.

ABSTRACT: Use of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, has increased exponentially in recent years. Mechanisms that might underlie this increase include expectancies and reasons for e-cigarette use. This study was designed to identify and evaluate changes in expectancies and reasons for e-cigarette use among young adults over time and to determine whether such changes were associated with changes in e-cigarette use. Data for these analyses were collected from a sample of 137 young adult e-cigarette users who completed electronic surveys 5 times over a 12-month period. Results yielded five e-cigarette use expectancy and reason factors: Affect-Related Reasons, Social Reasons, Positive Social Expectancies, Positive Internal Expectancies, and Negative Expectancies. Linear mixed models showed that Nega

SUBMITTER: Correa JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6889054 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature