Does DNA methylation
mediate effects of smoking on birthweight?
Not exact matches
Because R - rated movie restriction and exposure to movie
smoking are closely linked and because both predict lower risk
of trying
smoking, we suggest that the
effect of movie restriction on
smoking initiation is
mediated through lower exposure to movie
smoking.
This suggests that a substantial portion
of the
effect of movie restriction on adolescent
smoking is
mediated through lower exposure to movie
smoking.
Furthermore, our analysis suggests that the
effect of restricting R - rated movies on adolescent
smoking is
mediated through lower exposure to movie
smoking.
The
effect of parental R (restricted)-- rated movie restriction on adolescent
smoking is
mediated through lower exposure to
smoking in movies.
This raises the question, diagrammed in Figure 2: Is the
effect of parental R - rated movie restriction
mediated through lower exposure to movie
smoking?
This
effect was
mediated in part through lower levels
of exposure to movie
smoking portrayals.23
In addition, changes in friend
smoking have been found to
mediate the movie
smoking effect on behavior; therefore, friend
smoking was rejected as a covariate.37, 38 More specifically, by being strict regarding R - rated movie viewing, parents decrease the risk
of their children having a
smoking sibling because that sibling presumably has comparable restrictions.
Furthermore,
effects of practices on lifetime
smoking were at least partially
mediated by
smoking - specific cognitions and intention to
smoke.
In addition, a model is tested to analyze the
effects of anti-
smoking parenting practices on lifetime
smoking and the
mediating role
of smoking - specific cognitions.
However, none
of these studies examined
mediating mechanisms for these
effects (although Bailey, Ennett, and Ringwalt [1993] found that general parenting styles did not explain parental
smoking cessation
effects).
In fact, our analyses showed that children's perceptions
of their parents» antismoking behaviors partially
mediated the
effects of parent
smoking on adolescent
smoking.
Thus, for both theoretical and practical reasons, it is important for researchers to ask whether parental
smoking cessation is associated with a lowered likelihood
of adolescent
smoking and, if so, whether
smoking - specific parenting behaviors and attitudes might
mediate this
effect.
In these models, the tests
of the
mediated effects represent the combined main
effects of maternal and paternal
smoking and their interactions.1 There was no significant
mediated effect for mothers» normative beliefs.
Furthermore, low levels
of maternal education
mediate the
effects of inadequate prenatal care and maternal
smoking habits, and are therefore a risk factor for preterm birth (ref).