Like Parents, Like Teenagers: A Romanian Youth Smoking Overview

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 203 (2015) 361-366

6 Pages Posted: 8 Sep 2015

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Eugen Iordanescu

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Cornelia Iordanescu

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Aurelia Draghici

Independent

Date Written: September 7, 2015

Abstract

This paper estimates how family model influences youth’s smoking behaviors and describes smoking behavior in Romania nowadays. A questionnaire-based survey was used and data was collected from a national sample (1,364 people: 536 male and 828 female; average age 22,71 years and SD=3,128). The paper analyses only the items relevant for smoking behavior.

Using a quasi-experimental design, we found a significant difference determinated by father’s model (ρ (1364)= 0,158, p < 0,05), mother’s model (ρ (1362)=0,155, p < 0,05), and brothers/sisters’ model (ρ (1362)=0,219, p < 0,05), regarding smoking behavior.

Keywords: Smoking, Adolescents, family influences, quasi-experiment, Romania, smoking behaviour, Romanian teenagers, parental model, Health Psychology

JEL Classification: I19

Suggested Citation

Iordanescu, Eugen and Iordanescu, Cornelia and Draghici, Aurelia, Like Parents, Like Teenagers: A Romanian Youth Smoking Overview (September 7, 2015). Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 203 (2015) 361-366, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2657177

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Cornelia Iordanescu

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Aurelia Draghici

Independent ( email )

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