Life Events as Mediators Between Subjective Socioeconomic Status and Smoking in Adolescences

Objective: To explore the life events as mediators in the relation between subjective socioeconomic status and smoking in adolescents.Methods: According to random and many cluster sampling method,a total of 10313 middle school students from grade 7 to grade 12 were recruited from ten cities of China.They were investigated with the Subjective Socioeconomic Status Scale for Chinese Adolescents(SSS-CA) and other scales.Results: Subjective socioeconomic status was significantly negatively correlated to smoking;Life events played a partially mediating role between subjective socioeconomic status and smoking.Conclusion: Subjective socioeconomic status and life events can predict youth smoking,and life events as partially mediator between subjective socioeconomic status and smoking.