Impact of Individual, Familial and Parental Factors on Adolescent Smoking in Turkey

Coskun Oztekin, Mehak Batra, Shady Abdelsalam, Tijen Sengezer, Adem Ozkara and Bircan Erbas
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Coskun Oztekin: Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum 19000, Turkey
Mehak Batra: Department of Public Health, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3083, Australia
Shady Abdelsalam: Department of Public Health, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3083, Australia
Tijen Sengezer: Department of Family Medicine, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara 06000, Turkey
Adem Ozkara: Department of Family Medicine, Ankara Numune Research and Training Hospital, Ankara 06000, Turkey
Bircan Erbas: Department of Public Health, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3083, Australia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 7, 1-12

Abstract: The burden of adolescent cigarette smoking is substantial. We assess mothers’ and fathers’ attitudes and behaviours on adolescent smoking using a cross-sectional study of n = 707 adolescents. Associations between parental attitudes and behaviours in adolescent smoking were assessed using logistic regression separately for boys and girls. Occasional alcohol use by both parents increased odds of smoking once a day (OR = 2.44, 95% CI 1.26, 4.71, OR = 1.51, 95% CI 0.97, 2.35, respectively). Fathers smoking increased odds for girls (OR = 1.59, 95% CI 1.01, 2.52). A democratic mother decreased odds for boys (OR = 0.32, 95% CI 0.10, 0.93) whereas a protective, demanding mother increased the odds for girls (OR = 8.65, 95% CI 1.38, 54.22). Public health smoking prevention programs could support changing parental behaviours and attitudes in early years to address this burden in countries with authoritarian parenting styles.

Keywords: adolescent; risk; smoking; parental attitudes; parental behaviours (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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