Perceptions of smoking and nonsmoking peers: The value of smoker and nonsmoker prototypes in predicting smoking onset and regular smoking among adolescents

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 897-910

  Spijkerman, Renske ^a   Van Den Eijnden, Regina J J M ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Prototypes; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 36249022605     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106294642     Document Type: Article

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