TY - JOUR
T1 - Longitudinal modeling of adolescents' activity involvement, problem peer associations, and youth smoking
AU - Metzger, Aaron
AU - Dawes, Nickki
AU - Mermelstein, Robin
AU - Wakschlag, Lauren
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the National Cancer Institute (Grant # 5PO1 CA98262 ). We would like to acknowledge methodologic consultation from Dick Campbell, Ph.D., David Henry, Ph.D., Paul Rathouz, Ph.D., and Don Hedeker, Ph.D., as well as our collaborators Bennett Leventhal, M.D., Kathy Diviak, Ph.D. and the entire Health Connections research team at the Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago. We thank the participating adolescents and their families.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Longitudinal associations among different types of organized activity involvement, problem peer associations, and cigarette smoking were examined in a sample of 1040 adolescents (mean age = 15.62 at baseline, 16.89 at 15-month assessment, 17.59 at 24 months) enriched for smoking experimentation (83% had tried smoking). A structural equation model tested longitudinal paths between three categories of involvement (team sports, school clubs and activities, and religious activities, measured at baseline and 15 months), problem peer associations (baseline and 15 months), and cigarette smoking behavior (baseline and 24 months). Multi-group analyses indicated pathways differed by type of activity and adolescent gender. Boys' baseline team sports and religious involvement predicted lower levels of smoking at 24 months via continued activity involvement at 15 months. Girls' involvement in school clubs and activities and religious activities indirectly predicted lower levels of smoking at 24 months via reduced exposure to problem peers at 15 months.
AB - Longitudinal associations among different types of organized activity involvement, problem peer associations, and cigarette smoking were examined in a sample of 1040 adolescents (mean age = 15.62 at baseline, 16.89 at 15-month assessment, 17.59 at 24 months) enriched for smoking experimentation (83% had tried smoking). A structural equation model tested longitudinal paths between three categories of involvement (team sports, school clubs and activities, and religious activities, measured at baseline and 15 months), problem peer associations (baseline and 15 months), and cigarette smoking behavior (baseline and 24 months). Multi-group analyses indicated pathways differed by type of activity and adolescent gender. Boys' baseline team sports and religious involvement predicted lower levels of smoking at 24 months via continued activity involvement at 15 months. Girls' involvement in school clubs and activities and religious activities indirectly predicted lower levels of smoking at 24 months via reduced exposure to problem peers at 15 months.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Cigarette smoking
KW - Longitudinal pathways
KW - Organized activity involvement
KW - Problem peers
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U2 - 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.09.005
DO - 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.09.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 21603061
AN - SCOPUS:78651351880
SN - 0193-3973
VL - 32
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
IS - 1
ER -