Factors promoting cigarette smoking among black youth: A causal modeling approach

摘要: A longitudinal model of Black adolescent smoking was tested using 223 seventh-grade students attending public schools in northern New Jersey. Interpersonal and intrapersonal factors were hypothesized to have an impact on seventh graders' decision smoke. After conducting exploratory Principal Factor Analysis (PFA) a varimax rotation with the Time 1 data, structural equation developed refined through successive iterations. The final revealed friends' be most significant predictor at 1, but perceived norms such as making, self-efficacy, self-esteem home school exerted important influence 2. These results suggest that social may early initiation process, play role maintaining habit adolescents.