Differential effects of parenting strategies on child smoking trajectories: A longitudinal assessment over twelve years

Zhiyong Yang and Richard G. Netemeyer

Journal of Business Research, 2015, vol. 68, issue 6, 1273-1282

Abstract: Past studies exhibit mixed findings regarding the effect of parenting strategies on children's behavior. We propose that it is due to behavioral heterogeneity among children – they differ in sensitivity to parental influence – and simultaneously examine the effects of parenting strategies on a child's: (1) probability to follow a specific trajectory for smoking growth; (2) growth pattern within a particular smoking trajectory; and (3) tobacco dependence at adulthood. Using nationally representative longitudinal data gathered over twelve years, we reveal five distinct smoking trajectories, namely stable nonsmokers (62.5%), gradual escalators (17.5%), rapid escalators (9.4%), stable light smokers (9.3%), and quitters (1.2%). Parenting strategies have differential effects on these segments. The shapes of these trajectories, in turn, affect children's tobacco dependence at adulthood. This research provides a novel profiling approach to depict the “typical” child in each segment, and offers social workers and policy makers new avenues to design targeted tobacco prevention/cessation programs.

Keywords: Parenting strategies; Smoking trajectories; Tobacco dependence; Differential effects; Latent class modeling; Profiling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.11.019

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