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Childhood conscientiousness predicts the social gradient of smoking in adulthood: a life course analysis.

Pluess, M; Bartley, M; (2015) Childhood conscientiousness predicts the social gradient of smoking in adulthood: a life course analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health , 69 (4) pp. 330-338. 10.1136/jech-2014-204263. Green open access

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Abstract

The social gradient in smoking is well known, with higher rates among those in less advantaged socioeconomic position. Some recent research has reported that personality characteristics partly explain this gradient. However, the majority of existing work is limited by cross-sectional designs unsuitable to determine whether differences in conscientiousness are a predictor or a product of social inequalities. Adopting a life course perspective, we investigated in the current paper the influence of conscientiousness in early and mid-life on the social gradient in smoking and the role of potential confounding factors in a large longitudinal cohort study.

Type: Article
Title: Childhood conscientiousness predicts the social gradient of smoking in adulthood: a life course analysis.
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204263
Publisher version: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204263
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: Cohort studies, Life course epidemiology, PSYCHOLOGY, SMOKING, SOCIAL INEQUALITIES
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Epidemiology and Public Health
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1464835
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