Predicting Smoking Status by Symptoms of Depression for U.S. Adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID13675680
AuthorsMin Qi Wang (0000-0003-4870-0471, University of Alabama, corresponding author), Eugene C Fitzhugh (0000-0002-8033-6596, University of Alabama), R Carl Westerfield (University of Alabama), J Mark Eddy (0000-0001-5847-3052, University of Alabama)
Year1994
Volume75
Issue2
Pages911-914
Publication date1994-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1994.75.2.911
PMID7862803
OpenAlexW2075984910
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

This study examined the predictive relationships between adolescents' smoking and symptoms of depression. A national sample of 6,900 adolescents, ages 14 to 18 years, were selected for analysis. Variables of interest included measures for smoking status and symptoms of depression. Odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio from logistic regression analyses indicated that more of the 885 smokers than of the 6,015 nonsmokers reported feelings of unhappiness, sadness, or depression, hopelessness about the future, and having trouble going to sleep

Anger · Depression (economics · Feeling · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Psychiatry · Sadness · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Social Psychology