Adolescent smoking behavior and communication with parents: Depression as a mediator and gender as a moderator

IF 0.8 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Behavior and Personality Pub Date : 2019-04-30 DOI:10.2224/sbp.8262

Xieping Chen, Qian Xie, Yuting Yang

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Abstract

Parent–adolescent communication is assumed to be an important factor affecting adolescent smoking behavior. However, the inner mechanism accounting for this association has still not been clarified in research. Our purpose in this study was to examine the relationships between parent–adolescent communication, adolescent smoking behavior, and depression, as well as gender differences in the relationship between depression and adolescent smoking behavior. Participants were 1,134 students at 6 junior high schools in China who completed the Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale, the Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, and the Smoking Behavior Test. Results showed that parent-adolescent communication had a significant negative effect on adolescent smoking behavior and depression partially mediated the relationship between parent–adolescent communication and adolescent smoking behavior. In addition, gender moderated the relationship between depression and adolescent smoking behavior. Overall, these findings may help to promote better understanding of the relationship between parent–adolescent communication and adolescent smoking behavior.

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青少年吸烟行为与父母沟通:抑郁为中介，性别为调节

父母与青少年的沟通被认为是影响青少年吸烟行为的重要因素。然而，这种关联的内在机制在研究中仍未得到明确。我们在这项研究中的目的是检验父母-青少年沟通、青少年吸烟行为和抑郁症之间的关系，以及抑郁症和青少年吸烟行为之间关系的性别差异。参与者是中国6所初中的1134名学生，他们完成了亲子沟通量表、流行病学研究抑郁量表和吸烟行为测试。结果表明，父母与青少年的沟通对青少年吸烟行为有显著的负面影响，抑郁在一定程度上介导了父母与青少年沟通与青少年吸烟行为的关系。此外，性别调节了抑郁症与青少年吸烟行为之间的关系。总的来说，这些发现可能有助于更好地理解父母-青少年沟通与青少年吸烟行为之间的关系。

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Social Behavior and Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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2.20

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7.70%

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117

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