The role of psychosocial and belief factors in self-reported cigarette smoking among university students in Malaysia
| Autor: | Sami Abdo Radman Al-Dubai, Kurubaran Ganasegeran, Aamenah Hawash, Wahid Abdullah Salem Wajih, Saba Kassim, Mustafa Ahmed Alshagga |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Interpersonal communication Sister Brother tobacco Tobacco smoking status Article physically inactive financial difficulties Friendship Cigarette smoking friendship Medicine Sibling Psychology social modeling financial difficulties friendship physically inactive social modeling tobacco Psychosocial RZ400-408 Mental healing Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Health Psychology Research, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2014) Health Psychology Research |
| ISSN: | 2420-8124 2281-2075 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to explore factors associated, specifically belief factors, with self-reported tobacco smoking status. A sample of 300 students was recruited from a private university in Malaysia. Data was collected using a pre-tested self-administrated questionnaire that investigated various factors including socio-demographics, socio-economic status, smoking behavior and beliefs on tobacco smoking. The main tobacco use in this study sample was cigarettes and the estimated prevalence of self-reported cigarette smoking was 10.3%. In bivariate analysis, self-reported cigarette smoking was significantly associated with socio-demographic, behavioral factors and faculty of study (P |
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