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| L A RobinsonSummaryAffiliation: University of Memphis Country: USA Publications
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Ethnic differences in predictors of adolescent smoking onset and escalation: a longitudinal study from 7th to 12th gradeLeslie A Robinson
Center for Health Promotion and Evaluation, Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, TN 38152 3230, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:297-307. 2006..Overall, we found that, contrary to previous research, risk factors for smoking differed across ethnicity. Further, smoking onset appears to be shaped by forces different from those that accelerate consumption...- Ethnic and gender differences in risk factors for smoking onsetL A Robinson
Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, Tennessee 38152, USA
Health Psychol 16:499-505. 1997..Future research should examine changes in risk factors over time to determine whether such changes accompany the rising smoking rate typically observed among girls and African Americans later in adolescence... - Developing smoking cessation programs for chronically ill teens: lessons learned from research with healthy adolescent smokersLeslie A Robinson
Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 33:133-44. 2008..Medically fragile teens who smoke need access to smoking cessation programs, because they are at even higher risk than their healthy peers for smoking-related complications... - Changes in adolescents' sources of cigarettesLeslie A Robinson
Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee 38152 3230, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:861-7. 2006..This investigation used a two-year longitudinal design to determine (1) how adolescents' sources change and (2) whether the timing of smoking onset and duration of tobacco use predict the number and types of sources accessed... 
"Start to stop": results of a randomised controlled trial of a smoking cessation programme for teensL A Robinson
The University of Memphis Department of Psychology, 202 Psychology Building, Memphis, TN 38152 3230, USA
Tob Control 12:IV26-33. 2003..To examine the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a school based smoking cessation programme among students caught smoking at school...- Is smoking associated with lower body mass in adolescents? A large-scale biracial investigationR C Klesges
University of Memphis, TN, USA
Addict Behav 23:109-13. 1998..That is, with increasing levels of smoking exposure, BMI significantly increased. Thus, it appears that smoking is not related to lowered BMI in adolescent populations. Implications and possible reasons for these findings are discussed... - A prospective evaluation of the relationships between smoking dosage and body mass index in an adolescent, biracial cohortTheodore V Cooper
University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Suite 675, 5350 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38119, USA
Addict Behav 28:501-12. 2003..It is concluded that smoking initiation is not associated with adolescent body weight change for at least a 3-year period... - Chronic dieting and the belief that smoking controls body weight in a biracial, population-based adolescent sampleR C Klesges
University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Tob Control 6:89-94. 1997..To evaluate the prevalence of weight concerns and smoking for body weight reasons as a function of race and gender... - Rapid progression to regular cigarette smoking among nonsmoking adolescents: interactions with gender and ethnicityJonathan L Blitstein
Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
Prev Med 36:455-63. 2003.... - Ethnic differences in smoking withdrawal effects among adolescentsBrant W Riedel
University of Memphis Center for Community Health, 5350 Poplar Avenue, Suite 550, Memphis, TN 38119, USA
Addict Behav 28:129-40. 2003..Participants who chose to use nicotine replacement during the quit attempt were more likely to report difficulty concentrating, restlessness, and feeling miserable... - Characteristics of adolescents caught with cigarettes at school: implications for developing smoking cessation programsBrant W Riedel
MCS Office of Research and Evaluation, Center for Community Health, University of Memphis, Room 114, 2597 Avery Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 4:351-4. 2002..However, questionable strategies (e.g., increasing caffeine consumption) had been used during previous quit attempts. The implications for developing school-based smoking cessation programs are discussed... - What motivates adolescent smokers to make a quit attempt?Brant W Riedel
Office of Research and Evaluation, Memphis City Schools, University of Memphis Center for Community Health, 2597 Avery Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 68:167-74. 2002..African Americans were more likely than Whites to list current health concern as the most important motivator... - Intraclass correlation among measures related to cigarette use by adolescents: estimates from an urban and largely African American cohortDavid M Murray
Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, TN 38152 3230, USA
Addict Behav 27:509-27. 2002..We show how those correlations can be reduced using regression adjustments and used to determine sample size for future school-based smoking prevention studies... - Adolescent reports of physician counseling for smokingCatherine M Alfano
University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Pediatrics 109:E47. 2002.... - The relationship between socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and cigarette smoking in urban adolescentsIsabel C Scarinci
University of Memphis Center for Community Health, 5350 Poplar Ave, Suite 675, Memphis, TN 38119, USA
Prev Med 34:171-8. 2002.... - Risk factors for smoking among adolescents with asthmaSusan M Zbikowski
University of Memphis Center for Community Health, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
J Adolesc Health 30:279-87. 2002..To examine the prevalence of smoking among youth with asthma and explore potential risk factors for smoking among these youth, compared with youth without asthma... - The relationship between smoking and body weight in a population of young military personnelR C Klesges
University of Memphis Prevention Center, University of Memphis, Tennessee 38119, USA
Health Psychol 17:454-8. 1998..It was concluded that smoking has no effects on the body weights of young women and minimal effects in young men... - The reliability and predictive value of adolescents' reports of initial reactions to smokingBrant W Riedel
Memphis City Schools Office of Research and Evaluation, Memphis, TN 38112, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:553-9. 2003..Participants who progressed from experimental to regular smoking from Time 1 to Time 2 were more likely to report relaxation as an initial reaction to smoking at Time 2 after denying relaxation at Time 1... - Attentional and executive dysfunction as predictors of smoking within the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohortLisa S Kahalley
Department of Behavioral Medicine, St Jude Children s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:344-54. 2010..The present study explores whether the attentional and executive functioning (EF) deficits associated with cancer and treatment place survivors of childhood cancer at increased risk for smoking... - Physician communication regarding smoking and adolescent tobacco useAshley M Hum
Department of Psychology, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
Pediatrics 127:e1368-74. 2011..However, there is little research on the potential impact of physician advice on adolescent smoking... - Physical activity in relation to all-site and lung cancer incidence and mortality in current and former smokersCatherine M Alfano
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, M3-B232, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 13:2233-41. 2004..Prospective studies using more sophisticated measures of physical activity assessed at multiple time points during follow-up are needed to corroborate these associations...
Research Grants
- SMOKING ONSET IN A BIETHNIC POPULATIONLeslie Robinson; Fiscal Year: 2005....
- DEVELOPING A SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM FOR ADOLESCENTSLeslie Robinson; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..