Similarity in Cigarette Smoking Attracts: A Prospective Study of Romantic Partner Selection by Own Smoking and Smoker Prototypes

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 632-643

  Etcheverry, Paul E ^a   Agnew, Christopher R ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

perceived approval for smoking; romantic partner selection; selection effects; smoker prototypes; young adult cigarette smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; PARENTAL SMOKING; PEER PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SMOKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 73949087318     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017370     Document Type: Article

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