The role of self-control and cognitive functioning in educational inequalities in adolescent smoking and binge drinking
| Autor: | Mirte A G Kuipers, Marianne Junger, Anton E. Kunst, Lisa E. M. Davies |
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| Přispěvatelé: | APH - Methodology, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, Public and occupational health, APH - Global Health, Industrial Engineering & Business Information Systems |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject 030508 substance abuse Binge drinking Binge Drinking Self-Control Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Memory span Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Cognitive skill Young adult Psychiatry Netherlands media_common business.industry 4. Education lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Smoking Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Health Status Disparities Self-control 3. Good health Cross-Sectional Studies Educational Status Female Biostatistics 0305 other medical science business Research Article Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017) BMC Public Health BMC public health, 17(1). BioMed Central BMC public health, 17:714. BioMed Central |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background: Large differences in substance use between educational levels originate at a young age, but there is limited evidence explaining these inequalities. The aim of this study was to test whether a) smoking and binge drinking are associated with lower levels of self-control and cognitive functioning, and b) associations between educational track and smoking and binge drinking, respectively, are attenuated after controlling for self-control and cognitive functioning.Methods: This study used cross-sectional survey data of 15 to 20-year-olds (N = 191) from low, middle, and high educational tracks. We measured regular binge drinking and regular smoking (more than once a month), cognitive functioning (cognitive ability, reaction time and memory span), and self-control. Logistic regression models were used to assess the associations between educational track and smoking and binge drinking controlled for age, gender and social disadvantage, and for self-control and cognitive functioning.Results: According to models that controlled for age, gender and social disadvantage only, respondents in the low educational track were more likely to drink heavily (OR = 3.25, 95% CI = 1.48–7.17) and smoke (OR = 5.74, 95% CI = 2.31–14.29) than adolescents in the high educational track. The association between educational track and binge drinking was hardly reduced after adjustment for self-control and cognitive ability (OR = 2.88, 95% CI = 1.09–7.62). Adjustment for self-control and cognitive functioning, especially cognitive ability, weakened the association between education and smoking (OR = 3.40, 95% CI = 1.11–10.37). However, inequalities in smoking remained significant and substantial.Conclusions: In this study population, pre-existing variations between adolescents in terms of self-control and cognitive functioning played a minor role in educational inequalities in smoking, but not in binge drinking. |
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