1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«Our objectives were […] to assess: (i) whether exposure to 13 well-established risk factors for initiation in adolescence also predicts initiation in preadolescence; and (ii) whether gender interacts with these risk factors to increase the risk of initiation.» (p. 145)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
L’étude est basée sur les données de l’étude longitudinale AdoQuest I menée auprès de 1801 élèves fréquentant une école primaire montréalaise. Les élèves ont été sondés en 2005 (5e année du primaire) et en 2006 (6e année du primaire).

Instruments :
Questionnaire

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

Results show that «[o]f the 13 risk factors investigated, eight (i.e., smoking by mother and friends, no home smoking ban, number of smokers at home, exposure to smoking in cars, susceptibility to smoking, a higher number of depressive symptoms, and self-esteem) were statistically significantly related to initiation in both boys and girls, after adjusting for age and maternal education. In boys, neither paternal nor sibling smoking had a statistically significant association with smoking initiation. In contrast, compared to boys whose fathers were nonsmokers, girls whose fathers smoked were twice as likely to initiate smoking […], and compared to boys whose siblings were nonsmokers, girls whose siblings smoked were more than twice as likely to initiate […].» (p. 146-147)