TY - JOUR
T1 - Exposure to parental cigarette smoking and child problem behaviors
T2 - A longitudinal study
AU - Brook, Judith S.
AU - Zhang, Chenshu
AU - Fagan, Pebbles
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This research was supported by NIH grant no. DA01388 and Research Scientist Award DA00244, both from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and grant no. 7R01CA84063 from the National Cancer Institute, all awarded to Dr Judith S. Brook.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - This study examined exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), a major public health problem. ETS has been found to be associated with an increased risk of adverse health effects in children. This study utilizes data from a community-based, longitudinal investigation examining the relation between children's exposure to ETS and later internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors. Interviews were administered to a representative community sample of participants from two New York State counties in 1983, with subsequent interviews in 1985-1986, 1992, 1997, and 2002-2003 (when the participants' mean age was 32). Data was collected on various personality and behavioral characteristics of the participants, and on internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors demonstrated by their children. Results indicated that children's exposure to ETS was associated with an increased risk for both internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors. This relationship was maintained despite control on a number of parental psychosocial risk factors (e.g., demographic variables, personality and behavioral attributes) that have been found to be associated with both parental cigarette smoking and behavior problems among children. These data, which indicate an association between exposure to ETS and internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors among children, support public health policies to further restrict children's exposure to ETS.
AB - This study examined exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), a major public health problem. ETS has been found to be associated with an increased risk of adverse health effects in children. This study utilizes data from a community-based, longitudinal investigation examining the relation between children's exposure to ETS and later internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors. Interviews were administered to a representative community sample of participants from two New York State counties in 1983, with subsequent interviews in 1985-1986, 1992, 1997, and 2002-2003 (when the participants' mean age was 32). Data was collected on various personality and behavioral characteristics of the participants, and on internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors demonstrated by their children. Results indicated that children's exposure to ETS was associated with an increased risk for both internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors. This relationship was maintained despite control on a number of parental psychosocial risk factors (e.g., demographic variables, personality and behavioral attributes) that have been found to be associated with both parental cigarette smoking and behavior problems among children. These data, which indicate an association between exposure to ETS and internalizing symptoms and externalizing behaviors among children, support public health policies to further restrict children's exposure to ETS.
KW - Child-rearing practices
KW - ETS
KW - Effects of ETS on children
KW - Effects of parental cigarette smoking on children
KW - Environmental tobacco smoke
KW - Externalizing behaviors
KW - Internalizing behaviors
KW - Parental cigarette smoking
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U2 - 10.1007/s10826-007-9147-0
DO - 10.1007/s10826-007-9147-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43449130059
SN - 1062-1024
VL - 17
SP - 372
EP - 384
JO - Journal of Child and Family Studies
JF - Journal of Child and Family Studies
IS - 3
ER -