Exposure to Parental Cigarette Smoking and Child Problem Behaviors: A Longitudinal Study |
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Authors: | Judith S Brook Chenshu Zhang Pebbles Fagan |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, 215 Lexington Ave., 15th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA;(2) Tobacco Control Research Branch, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | This study examined exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), a major public health problem. ETS has been found to be
associated with an increased risk of adverse health effects in children. This study utilizes data from a community-based,
longitudinal investigation examining the relation between children’s exposure to ETS and later internalizing symptoms and
externalizing behaviors. Interviews were administered to a representative community sample of participants from two New York
State counties in 1983, with subsequent interviews in 1985–1986, 1992, 1997, and 2002–2003 (when the participants’ mean age
was 32). Data was collected on various personality and behavioral characteristics of the participants, and on internalizing
symptoms and externalizing behaviors demonstrated by their children. Results indicated that children’s exposure to ETS was
associated with an increased risk for both internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors. This relationship was maintained
despite control on a number of parental psychosocial risk factors (e.g., demographic variables, personality and behavioral
attributes) that have been found to be associated with both parental cigarette smoking and behavior problems among children.
These data, which indicate an association between exposure to ETS and internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors among
children, support public health policies to further restrict children’s exposure to ETS. |
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Keywords: | Parental cigarette smoking Child-rearing practices Environmental tobacco smoke ETS Effects of parental cigarette smoking on children Effects of ETS on children Internalizing behaviors Externalizing behaviors |
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