Good Self-Control Moderates the Effect of Mass Media on Adolescent Tobacco and Alcohol Use: Tests With Studies of Children and Adolescents

Health Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 539-549

  Wills, Thomas A ^a   Gibbons, Frederick X ^b   Sargent, James D ^c   Gerrard, Meg ^c   Lee, Hye Ryeon ^d   Dal Cin, Sonya ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent smoking alcohol use; Advertising; Moderation; Movies; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADVERTIZING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; NEW YORK; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 77956928806     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020818     Document Type: Article

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