Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern European adolescents

The purpose of this study was to examine the association of cigarette smoking and 2 indicators of psychosocial distress (hopelessness and loneliness) among adolescents from 2 distinctly different regions of the world: Central- Eastern Europe (Hungary, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Pola...

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Main Authors: Randy M. Page, Emilia Patricia T. Zarco, Ferenc Ihasz, Jiraporn Suwanteerangkul, Martina Uvacsek, Ching Mei-Lee, Nae Fang Miao, Jaromir Simonek, Renata Klarova, Iacob Hantiu, Irén Kalabiska
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-605702018-09-10T03:49:10Z Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern European adolescents Randy M. Page Emilia Patricia T. Zarco Ferenc Ihasz Jiraporn Suwanteerangkul Martina Uvacsek Ching Mei-Lee Nae Fang Miao Jaromir Simonek Renata Klarova Iacob Hantiu Irén Kalabiska Medicine Social Sciences The purpose of this study was to examine the association of cigarette smoking and 2 indicators of psychosocial distress (hopelessness and loneliness) among adolescents from 2 distinctly different regions of the world: Central- Eastern Europe (Hungary, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland) and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, and the Philippines). Among Southeast Asian boys and girls, smokers had elevated hopelessness in comparison to nonsmokers but among Central-Eastern European students, this relationship was true only for girls and there was no relationship for boys. Across the country samples, there was only association of smoking with loneliness among Southeast Asian girls and Central-Eastern European girls. While Southeast Asian girls who smoked scored higher on loneliness than nonsmokers, the opposite was true among Central-Eastern European girls, with smokers scoring lower on loneliness. © 2008, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc. 2018-09-10T03:45:33Z 2018-09-10T03:45:33Z 2008-12-01 Journal 15414159 00472379 2-s2.0-64149121673 10.2190/DE.38.4.a https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=64149121673&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60570
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
collection CMU Intellectual Repository
topic Medicine
Social Sciences
spellingShingle Medicine
Social Sciences
Randy M. Page
Emilia Patricia T. Zarco
Ferenc Ihasz
Jiraporn Suwanteerangkul
Martina Uvacsek
Ching Mei-Lee
Nae Fang Miao
Jaromir Simonek
Renata Klarova
Iacob Hantiu
Irén Kalabiska
Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern European adolescents
description The purpose of this study was to examine the association of cigarette smoking and 2 indicators of psychosocial distress (hopelessness and loneliness) among adolescents from 2 distinctly different regions of the world: Central- Eastern Europe (Hungary, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland) and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Taiwan, and the Philippines). Among Southeast Asian boys and girls, smokers had elevated hopelessness in comparison to nonsmokers but among Central-Eastern European students, this relationship was true only for girls and there was no relationship for boys. Across the country samples, there was only association of smoking with loneliness among Southeast Asian girls and Central-Eastern European girls. While Southeast Asian girls who smoked scored higher on loneliness than nonsmokers, the opposite was true among Central-Eastern European girls, with smokers scoring lower on loneliness. © 2008, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.
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author Randy M. Page
Emilia Patricia T. Zarco
Ferenc Ihasz
Jiraporn Suwanteerangkul
Martina Uvacsek
Ching Mei-Lee
Nae Fang Miao
Jaromir Simonek
Renata Klarova
Iacob Hantiu
Irén Kalabiska
author_facet Randy M. Page
Emilia Patricia T. Zarco
Ferenc Ihasz
Jiraporn Suwanteerangkul
Martina Uvacsek
Ching Mei-Lee
Nae Fang Miao
Jaromir Simonek
Renata Klarova
Iacob Hantiu
Irén Kalabiska
author_sort Randy M. Page
title Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern European adolescents
title_short Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern European adolescents
title_full Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern European adolescents
title_fullStr Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern European adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in Southeast Asian and Central-Eastern European adolescents
title_sort cigarette smoking and indicators of psychosocial distress in southeast asian and central-eastern european adolescents
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