Gender Differences in the Transmission of Smoking From Filipino Parents to Their Offspring: The Role of Parenting,School Climate,and Negative Emotions

Objective: This article examines gender differences in the transmission of smoking, and the role of parenting, school climate, and negative emotions in the parental smoking–adolescent smoking relationship. Methods: The study used a nationally representative cross-sectional data on 5,290 Filipino secondary students. Results: Results suggest that Filipino adolescents having parents who smoke, tend to smoke cigarettes. Maternal smoking affects both girls' and boys' smoking, but paternal smoking has no effect on both sexes. Further, parenting dimensions (support and knowledge), school climate (bullying victimization and peer support), and negative emotions (loneliness and anxiety) tend to moderate the effects of parental smoking on adolescent smoking. Some of these factors appear to protect adolescents from parental smoking, while others aggravate the effects of parental smoking. Conclusions/Importance: Current findings suggest important theoretical and practical implications on the relationship between parental and adolescent smoking.