Hostility, Depressive Symptoms, and Smoking in Early Adolescence

Authors

C. Anderson Johnson, Claremont Graduate UniversityFollow
Jie W. Weiss, California State University, Fullerton
Michele Mouttapa, University of Southern California
Chih-Ping Chou, University of Southern California
Elahe Nezami, University of Southern California
Paula Palmer, Claremont Graduate UniversityFollow
Steven Cen, University of Southern California
Peggy E. Gallaher, University of Southern California
Anamara Ritt-Olson, University of Southern California
Stanley Azen, University of Southern California
Jennifer B. Unger, University of Southern California

Document Type

Article

Department

Community and Global Health (CGU)

Publication Date

2-2005

Disciplines

Health Psychology | Mental and Social Health | Personality and Social Contexts | Substance Abuse and Addiction

Abstract

Using logistic and multiple regression, we examined the association between hostility, level of depressive symptoms, and smoking in a sample of 1699 ethnically diverse students in California. Self-reports were collected twice from each student, at the beginning of the 6th and 7th grade years. Among 6th graders who had not smoked, depressive symptoms and hostility were associated with smoking initiation by the 7th grade. Among those students who had already tried smoking, increases in depressive symptoms and hostility were associated with more frequent smoking. The association between hostility and smoking was stronger for students reporting higher levels of depressive symptoms.

Rights Information

© 2004 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

DOI

10.1016/j.adolescence.2004.03.009

Recommended Citation

Weiss, J.W., Mouttapa, M., Chou, C-P., Nezami, E., Johnson, C.A., Palmer, P.H., Cen, S., Gallaher, P., Ritt-Olson, A., Azen, S., & Unger, J.B. Hostility, depressive symptoms, and smoking in early adolescence. J Adolesc, 28(1), 49-62, 2005.