English language use as a risk factor for smoking initiation among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents: evidence for mediation by tobacco-related beliefs and social norms. Export

@article{citeulike:1147838, abstract = {Acculturation increases the risk of smoking among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents, but the underlying mechanisms are not understood. This study examined associations between English language use and smoking among 4,167 Hispanic and 2,836 Asian American adolescents in California. Potential mediators were assessed, including access to cigarettes, perceived consequences, friends' smoking, cigarette offers, refusal self-efficacy, and prevalence estimates of peer smoking. English language use was associated with increased risk of lifetime smoking in both groups. This association became nonsignificant after access, perceived consequences, friends' smoking, and offers were controlled for. The acculturation process (as indicated by English language use) may be associated with smoking-related psychosocial variables, which may lead to an increased risk of experimentation with smoking.}, address = {Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA. unger@hsc.usc.edu}, author = {Unger, J. B. and Cruz, T. B. and Rohrbach, L. A. and Ribisl, K. M. and Baezconde-Garbanati, L. and Chen, X. and Trinidad, D. R. and Johnson, C. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {1147838}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11007148}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11007148}, issn = {0278-6133}, journal = {Health Psychol}, keywords = {acculturation, asian\_american, latino, smoking}, month = {September}, number = {5}, pages = {403--410}, posted-at = {2007-03-08 18:20:31}, priority = {2}, title = {English language use as a risk factor for smoking initiation among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents: evidence for mediation by tobacco-related beliefs and social norms.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11007148}, volume = {19}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1147838 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1147838 N2 - Acculturation increases the risk of smoking among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents, but the underlying mechanisms are not understood. This study examined associations between English language use and smoking among 4,167 Hispanic and 2,836 Asian American adolescents in California. Potential mediators were assessed, including access to cigarettes, perceived consequences, friends' smoking, cigarette offers, refusal self-efficacy, and prevalence estimates of peer smoking. English language use was associated with increased risk of lifetime smoking in both groups. This association became nonsignificant after access, perceived consequences, friends' smoking, and offers were controlled for. The acculturation process (as indicated by English language use) may be associated with smoking-related psychosocial variables, which may lead to an increased risk of experimentation with smoking. IS - 5 JF - Health Psychol SN - 0278-6133 AD - Department of Preventive Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA. unger@hsc.usc.edu EP - 410 TI - English language use as a risk factor for smoking initiation among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents: evidence for mediation by tobacco-related beliefs and social norms. VL - 19 SP - 403 KW - acculturation KW - asian_american KW - latino KW - smoking AU - Unger, JB AU - Cruz, TB AU - Rohrbach, LA AU - Ribisl, KM AU - Baezconde-Garbanati, L AU - Chen, X AU - Trinidad, DR AU - Johnson, CA PY - 2000/09// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11007148 ER -