Romantic partner influence on young adult cigarette smoking: Testing a behavioral mechanism

摘要

The current research examines a behavioral mechanism by which romantic partner descriptive and injunctive norms can contribute to young adult smoking. Whether or not participants smoked in the physical presence of a partner was predicted to be influenced by the smoking characteristics of a romantic partner. Specifically, romantic partner smoking (descriptive norm) and approval or disapproval of smoking (injunctive norm) were argued to be predictive of smoking with a romantic partner. This prediction was tested in a longitudinal study of smoking by first-year college students. As predicted, dating a romantic partner who smokes and approves (or does not disapprove) of smoking was associated with a higher probability of smoking in their presence.