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  • Title: Adolescents' smoking behavior and its relationships with psychological constructs based on transtheoretical model: a cross-sectional survey.
    Author: Kim YH.
    Journal: Int J Nurs Stud; 2006 May; 43(4):439-46. PubMed ID: 16150450.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Korean adolescents' smoking is currently being considered as a crucial factor determining the health status of adolescents and an important public health and social issue. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of the study was to test the applicability of the Transtheoretical model to gain an understanding of smoking behavior change. METHODS: A total of 706 adolescents who participated in the smoking cessation programs administered by the Korea Quit Smoking Association or Korean Association of Smoking & Health in 2003 were recruited. Four Korean-version questionnaires were used to identify the stages of smoking behavior and psychological attributes: Stage of Smoking Behavior Change Scale, Processes of Change Scale for Smoking, Decision Balance Scale for Smoking, and Self-efficacy Scale to avoid smoking. RESULTS: Korean adolescents' smoking behavior was differed according to gender. In addition, the findings revealed that behavioral and cognitive processes of change, self-efficacy, and positives differed across the stages of smoking behavior, and that psychological constructs of the transtheoretical model had a statistically significant impact on smoking behavior change. CONCLUSIONS: This research could spawn the development of theory-based and empirically supported smoking cessation intervention strategies and programs directed toward adolescents in the health care and nursing areas.
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