TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescent academic adjustment factors and the trajectories of cigarette smoking from adolescence to the mid-30s
AU - Brook, Judith S.
AU - Balka, Elinor
AU - Zhang, Chenshu
AU - Pahl, Kerstin
AU - Brook, David W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Judith S. Brook, Ed.D., is a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine and adjunct professor of community and preventive medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Elinor Balka, A.B.D., is an assistant research scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. Chenshu Zhang, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. Kerstin Pahl, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. David W. Brook, M.D., is a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine and adjunct professor of community and preventive medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. This research was supported by Grant 5R01 CA094845 from the National Cancer Institute and Grant 5R01 DA03188, and Research Scientist Award 5K05 DA00244 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, all awarded to Dr. Judith S. Brook. Address correspondence to judith.brook@nyumc.org.
PY - 2011/4/1
Y1 - 2011/4/1
N2 - Knowledge of early predictors that differentiate between various longitudinal smoking patterns might facilitate designing more effective interventions. Using data from 806 participants, we examined the association of three adolescent academic adjustment factors-educational aspirations and expectations, perception of school achievement, and trouble at school-to five trajectories of cigarette use covering 23 years from adolescence to adulthood. The five trajectory groups were heavy/continuous smokers, late starters, quitter/decreasers, occasional smokers, and nonsmokers. Each academic factor predicted smoking trajectory group membership. Each academic factor was significantly associated with being a heavy/continuous smoker rather than a member of other trajectory groups. Behavioral academic factors also differentiated quitter/decreasers from late starters, occasional smokers, and nonsmokers. Adolescents manifesting academic maladjustment risk becoming early, chronic smokers. Prevention and intervention efforts targeting educational maladjustment may decrease cigarette smoking.
AB - Knowledge of early predictors that differentiate between various longitudinal smoking patterns might facilitate designing more effective interventions. Using data from 806 participants, we examined the association of three adolescent academic adjustment factors-educational aspirations and expectations, perception of school achievement, and trouble at school-to five trajectories of cigarette use covering 23 years from adolescence to adulthood. The five trajectory groups were heavy/continuous smokers, late starters, quitter/decreasers, occasional smokers, and nonsmokers. Each academic factor predicted smoking trajectory group membership. Each academic factor was significantly associated with being a heavy/continuous smoker rather than a member of other trajectory groups. Behavioral academic factors also differentiated quitter/decreasers from late starters, occasional smokers, and nonsmokers. Adolescents manifesting academic maladjustment risk becoming early, chronic smokers. Prevention and intervention efforts targeting educational maladjustment may decrease cigarette smoking.
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U2 - 10.2753/IMH0020-7411400101
DO - 10.2753/IMH0020-7411400101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79957794234
SN - 0020-7411
VL - 40
SP - 7
EP - 21
JO - International Journal of Mental Health
JF - International Journal of Mental Health
IS - 1
ER -
