Korean adolescents' smoking behavior and its correlation with psychological variables
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A study is conducted to explore the prevalence of smoking behavior among Korean adolescents, reveal the factors affecting their smoking behavior, and identify a possible correlation between smoking behavior and psychological variables. The study provides much need of the information about the relatively unstudied Korean adolescents in terms of their smoking issues and aspects of psychological attributes that relate directly to smoking.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 2005
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Substance use among school-based youths in Puerto Rico: differences between gender and grade levels
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More than 50% of middle school youths and 75% of high-school youths reported lifetime alcohol use in a study in which 989 students completed the Spanish version of the International Survey of Adolescent Health. Female gender was associated with tobacco use in middle school while male gender was associated with marijuana use in high school.
Publication Name: Addictive Behaviors
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0306-4603
Year: 2004
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