TY - JOUR
T1 - When life is a drag
T2 - Depressive symptoms associated with early adolescent smoking
AU - Mayfield Arnold, Elizabeth
AU - Greco, Erin
AU - Desmond, Katherine
AU - Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), NIMH grant #MH58107. The data used in this study were provided by the California Health Interview Survey (see CHIS 2007 website for list of multiple funders). The data analyses were funded by the University of California at Los Angeles support to Dr. Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Adolescent nicotine use continues to be a significant public health problem. We examined the relationship between the age of youth reporting current smoking and concurrent risk and protective factors in a large state-wide sample. We analyzed current smoking, depressive symptoms, and socio-demographic factors among 4027 adolescents aged 12-17 years by using multivariate logistic regression (see 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Public Use File). Consistent with previous work, Latinos, girls, those whose family incomes were below the poverty level, and those with fair-poor health were more likely to display depressive symptoms. Males, whites, older teens, and those in fair-poor health were more likely to be current smokers. In a multivariate analysis predicting depressive symptoms, the interaction between age and current smoking was highly significant (Wald X2 = 15.8, p < 0.01). At ages 12-14 years, the probability of depressive symptoms was estimated to be four times greater among adolescents who currently smoked compared to those who were not current smokers. The likelihood of depressive symptoms associated with current smoking decreases with age and becomes nonsignificant by 17 years. Interventions to reduce smoking may be most useful among youth before 12 years of age and must be targeted at multiple risks (e.g., smoking and depression).
AB - Adolescent nicotine use continues to be a significant public health problem. We examined the relationship between the age of youth reporting current smoking and concurrent risk and protective factors in a large state-wide sample. We analyzed current smoking, depressive symptoms, and socio-demographic factors among 4027 adolescents aged 12-17 years by using multivariate logistic regression (see 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Public Use File). Consistent with previous work, Latinos, girls, those whose family incomes were below the poverty level, and those with fair-poor health were more likely to display depressive symptoms. Males, whites, older teens, and those in fair-poor health were more likely to be current smokers. In a multivariate analysis predicting depressive symptoms, the interaction between age and current smoking was highly significant (Wald X2 = 15.8, p < 0.01). At ages 12-14 years, the probability of depressive symptoms was estimated to be four times greater among adolescents who currently smoked compared to those who were not current smokers. The likelihood of depressive symptoms associated with current smoking decreases with age and becomes nonsignificant by 17 years. Interventions to reduce smoking may be most useful among youth before 12 years of age and must be targeted at multiple risks (e.g., smoking and depression).
KW - adolescence
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - smoking
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U2 - 10.1080/17450128.2013.797129
DO - 10.1080/17450128.2013.797129
M3 - Article
C2 - 24563657
AN - SCOPUS:84890786812
SN - 1745-0128
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
JF - Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
IS - 1
ER -