Open AccessNeighborhood Residence and Cigarette Smoking Among Urban Youths: The Protective Role of Prosocial Activities
Author(s) -
Yange Xue,
Marc A. Zimmerman,
Cleopatra Howard Caldwell
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.081307
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , disadvantaged , psychology , residence , demography , cigarette smoking , environmental health , monitoring the future , gerontology , medicine , developmental psychology , psychiatry , substance abuse , sociology , political science , law
We examined the association between neighborhood characteristics and cigarette use among adolescents and explored the protective effects of participation in prosocial activities to better understand strengths in adolescents' lives and help identify protective factors for the prevention of adolescent smoking.