Effect of Smoking on Depressive Symptomatology: A Reexamination of Data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

摘要: Using 1995–1996 data from the first two waves of National Longitudinal Adolescent Health Study, authors found that respondents who smoked cigarettes scored, on average, three points higher than did nonsmokers Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale. This gap persists even after accounting observable factors, such as personal and parental characteristics. In contrast, controlling influence unobservable factors potentially correlated with smoking behavior depression produces smaller estimates. For instance, estimates a linear regression model augmented fixed effects suggest average male smoker would score 0.84 CES-D Scale (95% confidence interval: 0.44, 1.25) his nonsmoking counterpart; female is predicted to 1.25 0.75, 1.75) her counterpart. The conclude that, adolescent, association between symptoms can in large part be attributed factors. adolescent; depression; health;