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. 2009 Feb 1;45(2):313.
doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2008.09.012.

The Intergenerational Transmission of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Smoking

Steven J Sherman  1 , Laurie Chassin, Clark Presson, Dong-Chul Seo, Jonathan T Macy
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Smoking

Steven J Sherman et al. J Exp Soc Psychol. .

Abstract

This study examined the intergenerational transmission of implicit and explicit attitudes toward smoking, as well as the role of these attitudes in adolescents' smoking initiation. There was evidence of intergenerational transmission of implicit attitudes. Mothers who had more positive implicit attitudes had children with more positive implicit attitudes. In turn, these positive implicit attitudes of adolescents predicted their smoking initiation 18-months later. Moreover, these effects were obtained above and beyond the effects of explicit attitudes. These findings provide the first evidence that the intergenerational transmission of implicit cognition may play a role in the intergenerational transmission of an addictive behavior.

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Path model for adolescents’ smoking initiation as a function of parents’ attitudes and smoking
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