TY - JOUR
T1 - The natural history of cigarette smoking from adolescence to adulthood in a midwestern community sample
T2 - Multiple trajectories and their psychosocial correlates
AU - Chassin, Laurie
AU - Presson, Clark
AU - Pitts, Steven C.
AU - Sherman, Steven J.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Previous research on the natural history of smoking has focused on overall group trajectories without considering the possibility of risk subgroup variation. To address this limitation, the authors of the present study aimed to identify subgroups with varying trajectories of smoking behavior. The authors accomplished this within a cohort-sequential study of a large community sample (N = 8,556) with measurements spanning ages 11-31. After removing 2 a priori groups (abstainers and erratics), the authors empirically identified 4 trajectory groups - early stable smokers, late stable smokers, experimenters, and quitters - and psychosocial variables from adolescence and young adulthood were significantly distinguished among them. Given recent advances in quantitative methods, it is now feasible to consider subgroups of trajectories within an overall longitudinal design.
AB - Previous research on the natural history of smoking has focused on overall group trajectories without considering the possibility of risk subgroup variation. To address this limitation, the authors of the present study aimed to identify subgroups with varying trajectories of smoking behavior. The authors accomplished this within a cohort-sequential study of a large community sample (N = 8,556) with measurements spanning ages 11-31. After removing 2 a priori groups (abstainers and erratics), the authors empirically identified 4 trajectory groups - early stable smokers, late stable smokers, experimenters, and quitters - and psychosocial variables from adolescence and young adulthood were significantly distinguished among them. Given recent advances in quantitative methods, it is now feasible to consider subgroups of trajectories within an overall longitudinal design.
KW - Natural history of smoking
KW - Psychosocial correlates of smoking
KW - Smoking trajectories
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U2 - 10.1037/0278-6133.19.3.223
DO - 10.1037/0278-6133.19.3.223
M3 - Article
C2 - 10868766
AN - SCOPUS:0033758863
SN - 0278-6133
VL - 19
SP - 223
EP - 231
JO - Health Psychology
JF - Health Psychology
IS - 3
ER -