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Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Use among College Students
The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the impact of personality factors (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness), cognitive factors (sense of coherence and self-efficacy), coping resources (family and friend social support) and demographic factor...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2643419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19570288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-3-1-27 |
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author | Von Ah, Diane Ebert, Sheryl Ngamvitroj, Anchalee Park, Najin Kang, Duck-Hee |
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description | The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the impact of personality factors (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness), cognitive factors (sense of coherence and self-efficacy), coping resources (family and friend social support) and demographic factors (gender and ethnicity) on cigarette smoking behaviors (initiation, frequency, and amount of cigarette smoking) among college students. A total of 161 U.S. college students, aged 18–26, who enrolled in an introductory psychology course completed self-report questionnaires. The majority of the students had tried smoking (55%); among those who had tried, 42% were current smokers. The majority (77%) who had smoked a whole cigarette did so at age 16 years or younger. Students who reported lower levels of conscientiousness and self-efficacy had a greater likelihood to had tried cigarette smoking. Also, students who had lower levels of self-efficacy reported smoking more frequently and greater quantities of cigarettes than students with higher levels of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy was the most significant predictor of smoking behaviors. Health promotion programs focused on self-efficacy may be an effective tool for reducing the initiation, frequency, and amount of cigarette smoking among college students. |
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spelling | pubmed-26434192009-02-18 Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Use among College Students Von Ah, Diane Ebert, Sheryl Ngamvitroj, Anchalee Park, Najin Kang, Duck-Hee Tob Induc Dis Review The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the impact of personality factors (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness), cognitive factors (sense of coherence and self-efficacy), coping resources (family and friend social support) and demographic factors (gender and ethnicity) on cigarette smoking behaviors (initiation, frequency, and amount of cigarette smoking) among college students. A total of 161 U.S. college students, aged 18–26, who enrolled in an introductory psychology course completed self-report questionnaires. The majority of the students had tried smoking (55%); among those who had tried, 42% were current smokers. The majority (77%) who had smoked a whole cigarette did so at age 16 years or younger. Students who reported lower levels of conscientiousness and self-efficacy had a greater likelihood to had tried cigarette smoking. Also, students who had lower levels of self-efficacy reported smoking more frequently and greater quantities of cigarettes than students with higher levels of self-efficacy. Self-efficacy was the most significant predictor of smoking behaviors. Health promotion programs focused on self-efficacy may be an effective tool for reducing the initiation, frequency, and amount of cigarette smoking among college students. BioMed Central 2005-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2643419/ /pubmed/19570288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-3-1-27 Text en Copyright © 2005 Von Ah et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Von Ah, Diane Ebert, Sheryl Ngamvitroj, Anchalee Park, Najin Kang, Duck-Hee Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Use among College Students |
title | Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Use among College Students |
title_full | Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Use among College Students |
title_fullStr | Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Use among College Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Use among College Students |
title_short | Factors Related to Cigarette Smoking Initiation and Use among College Students |
title_sort | factors related to cigarette smoking initiation and use among college students |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2643419/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19570288 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-3-1-27 |
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