Youth crowds and cigarette smoking
A prospective study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15397953 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirsten Verkooijen (0000-0002-0735-7024, Wageningen University & Research, corresponding author), Kirsten Thecla Verkooijen, Nanne K De Vries (0000-0002-4348-707X, Maastricht University), Nanne De Vries, Gert Allan Nielsen |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 333-342 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Addiction Research & Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7392 • E-ISSN: 1606-6359 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/16066350802441499 |
| OpenAlex | W2004440252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 22 |
This study examined the prospective relationship between crowd affiliation and smoking behavior among a national sample of 16-22 year old Danes (N = 952). Self-reported data were collected by means of a postal questionnaire at baseline and at 18 months follow-up. The sample included participants, who at baseline reported to identify with a crowd with either a low-smoking norm (n = 705) or a high-smoking norm (n = 247). The results showed that participants, who at baseline identified with a crowd with a high-smoking norm were compared to those, who identified with a low-smoking norm crowd, more likely to have started smoking at time of the follow-up (OR = 2.15). Further, discordance between one's behavior and the norm of the crowd resulted more often in a change in smoking behavior (OR = 2.00) and crowd identification (OR = 2.15) than the absence of such discordance. The results confirm the importance of crowds in smoking initiation and call for more attention to this issue in smoking prevention
Cigarette smoking · Computer security · Crowds · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Prospective cohort study · Sociology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Demography · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Psychology · Smoking Behavior and Cessation · Internal Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |