Table 5.

Antecedents of smoking tested for association with smoking curiosity

Antecedents of Smoking	r†	β (SE)‡
Temptation to try smoking	0.43a	0.41 (0.15)b
Number of friends who smoke	0.26b	0.27 (0.02)b
Agreeing with the pros of smoking	0.40a	0.41 (0.09)a
Agreeing with the cons of smoking	0.03	0.01 (0.08)
Sensation seeking	0.21c	0.21 (0.07)c
Depression	0.29b	0.23 (0.10)b

Note. Six multiple regression analyses controlling for age and gender.

^†Indicates Pearson correlation coefficients.

^‡Indicates standardized coefficients followed by standard error.

^ap < 0.001;

^bp < 0.01;

^cp < 0.05