Conscientious Children Less Likely to Smoke?
Published at(NEW YORK) — Many parents encourage their children to be reliable and responsible from a very young age.
Now, a new study from the United Kingdom published in the Journal of Epidemiological and Community Health shows that a fringe benefit may be a reduction in the chances they will pick up a cigarette.
The authors looked at various measures such as intelligence, attention spans, conduct issues and conscientiousness, and found that conscientiousness was the most predictive in not smoking later in life.
The study also found that those who were unemployed or had unskilled occupations were nearly five times more likely to smoke than those who had professional occupations.
The authors propose that childhood values may play a more significant role in shaping adulthood behaviors than previously perceived.
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