Adolescent Smoking: Decoding the Mental Roots of Habit
Defining Adolescent Smoking Expectancies Adolescent smoking expectancies represent the cognitive framework through which young people anticipate the consequences, both positive and negative, of using tobacco products. These beliefs are crucial psychological determinants of smoking initiation, maintenance, and relapse, often preceding the actual behavioral experience of smoking itself. Fundamentally, an expectancy is a subjective probability or […]