Associations between personality, environment, and behavior and current E-cigarette use among a sample of college students.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2025-07-23 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2025.2533905

Samantha A Fitzer, James M Henson, Bradley T Conner

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Objective: E-cigarette use has increased among the U.S. population in recent years with estimates showing that nearly 15% of American adults have tried an e-cigarette. Problem Behavior Theory (PBT) identifies various factors influencing engagement in problem behaviors. This study explores PBT factors differentiating from current and non-current e-cigarette use among college students. Participants: A sample of 1,083 college students over the age of 18 was collected from a Mid-Atlantic university. Methods: Data was analyzed using a recursive partitioning (RP) model. Results: The RP model produced a parsimonious tree explaining 21.0% of the variance in current e-cigarette use. Significant explanatory variables included having most or all of friends who vape nicotine and greater cannabis involvement. Conclusion: This study supports RP's utility in examining health behaviors like substance use, highlighting variables for future prevention and intervention efforts. Tailored approaches targeting these factors could reduce e-cigarette use among college students.

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大学生个性、环境和行为与当前电子烟使用之间的关系

目的：近年来，电子烟的使用在美国人口中有所增加，据估计，近15%的美国成年人尝试过电子烟。问题行为理论（PBT）确定了影响问题行为投入的各种因素。本研究探讨了在大学生中区分当前和非当前电子烟使用的PBT因素。参与者：从大西洋中部的一所大学收集了1083名18岁以上的大学生样本。方法：采用递归划分（RP）模型对数据进行分析。结果：RP模型产生了一棵简约树，解释了当前电子烟使用中21.0%的差异。重要的解释变量包括大多数或所有的朋友都吸尼古丁和更多的大麻。结论：本研究支持RP在检查物质使用等健康行为方面的效用，突出了未来预防和干预工作的变量。针对这些因素量身定制的方法可以减少大学生对电子烟的使用。

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Journal of American College Health Multiple-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量

388

期刊介绍： Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.