Identifying principal risk factors for the initiation of adolescent smoking behaviors: The significance of psychological reactance

Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-252

  Miller, Claude H ^a   Burgoon, Michael ^b   Grandpre, Joseph R ^c   Alvaro, Eusebio M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Wyoming Department of Health   (United States)

^d CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ARIZONA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33745502602     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1903_6     Document Type: Article

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