Background

The prevalence of adolescent e-cigarette (vape) use has increased significantly over the past several years. Given the risks associated with vape use, it is important to identify predictors of adolescent vape use onset.

Purpose

The primary aim was to examine the time to vape use among adolescents, as a function of parental marital status and living arrangements.

Methods

A sample of 863 adolescents (M_age = 12.73, SD = 0.70; 52% girls; 61% non-Hispanic White) from public middle schools in the Northeast United States were asked about whether they vaped over the course of three years (fall 2016-spring 2019). Cox proportional hazards (PH) regression models were conducted to examine associations between parental divorce and the timing of vape use, gender differences in the association, and potential differences in the association as a function of living arrangements.

Results

Findings indicated that adolescents with divorced parents at Time 1 vaped earlier, and were 51% more likely to vape than adolescents with married parents. There were no gender differences, or differences in timing among those with divorced parents as a function of living with a step-parent.

Conclusion

These findings highlight the importance of identifying familial risk factors associated with early vape use in adolescents.

中文翻译：

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青少年使用Vape的时机：按家庭结构的差异

背景

在过去几年中，青少年电子烟（vape）的使用率已大大提高。考虑到使用vape的风险，确定青春期vape发作的预测因素很重要。

目的

主要目的是根据父母的婚姻状况和生活安排，检查青少年使用电子烟的时间。

方法

向美国东北部一所公立中学的863名青少年（M_年龄= 12.73，SD = 0.70; 52％的女孩; 61％的非西班牙裔白人）进行了抽样调查，询问他们是否在三年的时间里迷路了（2016年秋季） -2019年春季）。进行了Cox比例风险（PH）回归模型，以检查父母离婚与使用vape的时间之间的关联，关联中的性别差异以及根据生活安排的关联中的潜在差异。

结果

研究结果表明，与父母已婚的青少年相比，在时间1时父母离异的青少年会更早地冒烟，并且他们的vape可能性高出51％。没有性别差异，也没有父母离异的时间随同继父母生活的功能。

结论

这些发现凸显了确定与青少年早期使用vape相关的家族危险因素的重要性。