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Assault, PTSD, family substance use, and depression as risk factors for cigarette use in youth: Findings from the national survey of adolescents
Author(s) -
Acierno Ron,
Kilpatrick Dean G.,
Resnick Heidi,
Saunders Benjamin,
De Arellano Michael,
Best Connie
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1023/a:1007772905696
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychiatry , poison control , suicide prevention , injury prevention , substance use , occupational safety and health , ethnic group , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , risk factor , clinical psychology , medicine , environmental health , pathology , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
A national household probability sample of 4,023 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years was surveyed by telephone via structured clinical interview to determine the impact of familial substance use, sexual and physical assault, witnessed violence, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on risk of smoking. Results indicated that familial substance use increased risk of smoking only for boys and sexual assault or depression increased risk of smoking only for girls. Age, Caucasian ethnicity, and experiencing physical assault or witnessing violence elevated risk of current cigarette use for both genders. By contrast, PTSD per se was not associated with increased risk of smoking, after the effects of other variables were controlled.