Publications [#272698] of Bernard F. Fuemmeler

Papers Published

1. Fuemmeler, BF; Taylor, LA; Jr, AEM; Brown, RT (2002). Risk-taking and smoking tendency among primarily African American School Children: Moderating influences of peer susceptibility. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 9(4), 323-330.
   (last updated on 2019/02/13)

   Abstract:
   We examined the hypothesis that peer susceptibility would moderate the association between risk-taking and tendency to smoke in adolescents who were primarily African American. Participants were 88 preadolescents recruited from a 6th grade classroom in a public elementary school. We found an interaction of risk-taking and susceptibility to peer influence on smoking tendency. Specifically, a moderator effect was found for peer influence on the association between risk-taking and smoking tendency. The importance of examining peer susceptibility on health promotion and other health behaviors in children and adolescents was supported.