TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationships between sensation seeking and a spectrum of e-cigarette use behaviors
T2 - Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses specific to Texas adolescents
AU - Case, Kathleen R.
AU - Harrell, Melissa B.
AU - Pérez, Adriana
AU - Loukas, Alexandra
AU - Wilkinson, Anna V.
AU - Springer, Andrew E.
AU - Creamer, Me Lisa R.
AU - Perry, Cheryl L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Research reported in this publication was supported by grant number [1 P50 CA180906] from the National Cancer Institute and the FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH or the Food and Drug Administration. NIH/FDA had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Introduction Sensation seeking is strongly associated with cigarette use in adolescents. However, few studies have investigated its relationship with adolescent e-cigarette use. This study examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between sensation seeking and a variety of e-cigarette use behaviors among Texas adolescents. Methods This study utilized two waves of data collected 6 months apart through the Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance System (TATAMS) in 2014–2015 (n = 2,488/N = 461,069). TATAMS employs a complex probability-sampling design and is representative of students in 6th, 8th and 10th grades from five counties surrounding the four largest cities in Texas (Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Austin). Weighted multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between sensation seeking and susceptibility to e-cigarette use, ever e-cigarette use, and current (past 30 day) e-cigarette use. Results In the cross-sectional analyses, higher mean sensation seeking scores were associated with higher odds of both susceptibility to e-cigarette use and ever e-cigarette use (AOR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.07, 1.47; AOR = 1.24, 95% CI = 1.08, 1.43, respectively). For the longitudinal analyses, only the association between higher mean sensation seeking scores and transition to ever e-cigarette use remained statistically significant (AOR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.01, 2.08). There were no significant associations between sensation seeking and current e-cigarette use in either the cross-sectional or longitudinal analyses. Conclusions Higher sensation seeking scores were consistently and significantly related to experimentation with e-cigarette use among Texas adolescents. Future interventions (e.g., communication campaigns) should target high sensation seeking adolescents to reduce initiation of e-cigarette use among this population.
AB - Introduction Sensation seeking is strongly associated with cigarette use in adolescents. However, few studies have investigated its relationship with adolescent e-cigarette use. This study examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between sensation seeking and a variety of e-cigarette use behaviors among Texas adolescents. Methods This study utilized two waves of data collected 6 months apart through the Texas Adolescent Tobacco and Marketing Surveillance System (TATAMS) in 2014–2015 (n = 2,488/N = 461,069). TATAMS employs a complex probability-sampling design and is representative of students in 6th, 8th and 10th grades from five counties surrounding the four largest cities in Texas (Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Austin). Weighted multivariable logistic regression was used to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between sensation seeking and susceptibility to e-cigarette use, ever e-cigarette use, and current (past 30 day) e-cigarette use. Results In the cross-sectional analyses, higher mean sensation seeking scores were associated with higher odds of both susceptibility to e-cigarette use and ever e-cigarette use (AOR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.07, 1.47; AOR = 1.24, 95% CI = 1.08, 1.43, respectively). For the longitudinal analyses, only the association between higher mean sensation seeking scores and transition to ever e-cigarette use remained statistically significant (AOR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.01, 2.08). There were no significant associations between sensation seeking and current e-cigarette use in either the cross-sectional or longitudinal analyses. Conclusions Higher sensation seeking scores were consistently and significantly related to experimentation with e-cigarette use among Texas adolescents. Future interventions (e.g., communication campaigns) should target high sensation seeking adolescents to reduce initiation of e-cigarette use among this population.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Electronic cigarettes
KW - Sensation seeking
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.05.007
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.05.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 28521240
AN - SCOPUS:85019217428
VL - 73
SP - 151
EP - 157
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
SN - 0306-4603
ER -