Depressive Symptoms and Smoking among US Black Adults: Absence of a Relationship

Depressive Symptoms and Smoking among US Black Adults: Absence of a Relationship

Depressive symptoms play a major role in cigarette smoking among US White adults, but it is not known if this holds for US Blacks. Hence, the relationship between depressive symptoms and smoking was examined among 520 US Black adults sampled from 10 randomlyselected community census tracts. Results...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of health psychology 2001-12, Vol.6 (6), p.645-649
Hauptverfasser: Klonoff, Elizabeth A., Landrine, Hope
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Addictive behaviors
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Black American people
Depression
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Smoking
Tobacco smoking
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Zusammenfassung:Depressive symptoms play a major role in cigarette smoking among US White adults, but it is not known if this holds for US Blacks. Hence, the relationship between depressive symptoms and smoking was examined among 520 US Black adults sampled from 10 randomlyselected community census tracts. Results revealed no relationship between depression and smoking, but education levels did contribute; Black high school drop-outs were four times more likely than Black college graduates to be smokers.
ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/135910530100600603