Social Psychological Contributions to the Understanding and Prevention of Adolescent Cigarette Smoking
- 1 March 1990
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Vol. 16 (1) , 133-151
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167290161010
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the contributions of basic theory and research in social psychology to our understanding of an important public health problem - adolescent cigarette smoking -and to smoking prevention. The authors describe how social psychological theory and research have enabled us to better understand the processes underlying adolescent smoking adoption and to devise more effective intervention programs to deter adolescent smoking.Keywords
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