Self-comparison processes, prototypes, and smoking onset among early adolescents
Preventive MedicinePublished 9 November 2004
Renske Spijkerman, Regina J. J. M. VandenEijnden, Rutger C. M. E. Engels
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Evidence for the role of self-consistency and self-enhancement motivations in adolescents' smoking onset suggests that smoking prevention projects should target both similar and aspiring features associated with the image of smoking peers.
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Evidence for the role of self-consistency and self-enhancement motivations in adolescents' smoking onset suggests that smoking prevention projects should target both similar and aspiring features associated with the image of smoking peers.
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