Family Facts: Social Science Research on Family, Society & Religion
| Youths
who talked more frequently with their mothers about the consequences
of cigarette smoking were less likely to have smoked in the prior
month, according to a recent study that analyzed over 600 inner-city
middle school students. The study also found that teens who sought and valued their mothers’ advice and viewed their mothers as trustworthy and available to them talked, on average, more frequently with their mothers about the consequences of smoking. Among teens and mothers who had the same level of communication about the consequences of smoking, teens who placed more trust in their mothers and more value in their advice were less likely to have smoked cigarettes in the prior month. Read this finding The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible to the non-specialist. |
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 Adolescents who viewed their mothers as trustworthy were more likely to have talks with their mothers about the consequences of early sexual activity...(more) Adolescents who talked more frequently with their mothers about the consequences of early sexual activity were less likely to engage in sexual activity...(more) Family Research Experts:
Pat Fagan William H. G. FitzGerald Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues Christine Kim Policy Analyst, Domestic Policy Studies Jennifer Marshall Director, Domestic Policy Studies For Interviews call Media Relations at (202) 675-1761 |
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Events:Religious Practice and Civic Life: What the Research Says October 4, 2007 |