Sentences with phrase «anti-smoking socialisation»

Anti-smoking socialisation effects were measured on the parent survey in the following categories: (1) parental self efficacy regarding smoking prevention; (2) parental self disclosure of smoking history and experience with addiction; (3) parental explication of negative consequences for initiation of smoking; (4) parental reinforcement of child's abstinence; (5) effort by parent to counter pro-smoking influence from media; (6) effort by parent to counter pro-smoking influence from peers; (7) parental monitoring of smoking initiation by children and friends; (8) parental effort to reduce child's exposure to tobacco smoke in the home; (9) parental action to establish social contracts against smoking with children.

Another limitation of the present study is the lack of information on the reliability and validity of parental reports of anti-smoking socialisation activities.

Past studies have found that anti-smoking socialisation by parents predicted lower rates of smoking among offspring.

Anti-smoking socialisation refers to parent — child interactions that influence the development of children's cognitive and behavioural norms regarding smoking.4 — 7 During the childhood years, through communication, rule setting, monitoring, guided experience, and other socialisation practices, parents can influence children's perceptions of the prevalence of smoking, of the acceptability of smoking, and of the personal and social consequences of smoking.

Overall, these results support the conclusion that under the condition of adequate treatment, the Smoke - free Kids programme affected significant increases in anti-smoking socialisation in households where parents smoke.

However, relatively few parents engage in anti-smoking socialisation, and parents who smoke engage least of all.

From the child's perspective, anti-smoking socialisation involves internalisation of attitudinal and behavioural norms against smoking initiation, acceptance of parental monitoring of smoking, expectations of negative consequences for trying smoking, and expectations of positive consequences for not smoking.