Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial
distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern
European adolescents
苗迺芳
Page RM;Zarco EP;Ihasz F;Suwanteerangkul J;Uvacsek M;Lee CM;Miao NF;Simonek
J;Klarova R;Hantiu I;Kalabiska I
摘要
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the association of cigarette smoking and 2
indicators of psychosocial distress (hopelessness and loneliness) among adolescents from 2 distinctly different regions of the world: Central-Eastern Europe (Hungary, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland) and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, and the
Philippines). Among Southeast Asian boys and girls, smokers had elevated hopelessness in comparison to nonsmokers but among Central-Eastern European students, this relationship was true only for girls and there was no relationship for boys. Across the country samples, there was only association of smoking with loneliness among Southeast Asian girls and Central-Eastern European girls. While Southeast Asian girls who smoked scored higher on loneliness than nonsmokers, the opposite was true among Central-Eastern European girls, with smokers scoring lower on loneliness.ABSTRACT FROM AUTHORCopyright of Journal of Drug Education is the property of Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for
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