The influence of Social Environment and social image on adolescent smoking
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The study compared effects on adolescent smoking and direct paths from social environment to current smoking increased from middle school to high school whereas, the indirect paths with social image mediating this relationship revealed a smaller increase. The limitations of the cross-sectional data and the studies demonstrate that social factors can exert influence on smoking and that examining this relationship will provide valuable insight into social influences on smoking behavior.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2006
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Identifying trajectories of adolescent smoking: an application of latent growth mixture modeling
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This article examines longitudinal smoking behavior patterns among adolescents. An analysis of epidemiological data reveal several distinct behavioral patterns which include rapid escalation to heavy smoking at a young age, a slow progression to moderate and light smoking, and stable smoking of less than two cigarettes a month
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2001
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Conscientiousness predicts disease progression (CD4 number and viral load) in people living with HIV
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The association between psychological factors and HIV disease progression, using longitudinal design model, is discussed.
Publication Name: Health Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0278-6133
Year: 2007
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