A comparision of predictors of the adolescent intention to smoke with adolescent current smoking using discriminant function analysis

Mazanov, Jason; Byrne, Donald

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A comparision of predictors of the adolescent intention to smoke with adolescent current smoking using discriminant function analysis

Date

2002

Authors

Mazanov, Jason

Byrne, Donald

Publisher

The British Psychological Society

Abstract

Objectives. This paper explores one possible operationalization of smoking intention to assist development of adolescent smoking intervention programmes. Such programmes usually focus on predictors of current smoking, ignoring predictors of intentions to