| Discriminating Variables to the Change Stage of Smoking Behavior - Focused on Decisional Balance and Self-efficacy - |
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Myung Sun Hyun1, Young Ja Lee2 |
1Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Ajou University
2Manager of Education & Publicity Department, Korean Association & Smoking and Health |
| 여자 청소년의 흡연행위의 변화단계에 대한 판별요인 - 의사결정균형과 자기효능감을 중심으로 - |
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현명선1, 이영자2 |
1아주대학교 간호대학 부교수
2한국금연운동협의화 교육.홍보부장 |
Correspondence:
Myung Sun Hyun, Tel: 82-31-219-7014, Fax: 82-219-7020,
Email: mhyun@ajou.ac.kr
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Received: 26 October 2007 • Accepted: 14 December 2007 |
| Abstract |
Purpose
This study was conducted to identify discriminating variables and the discriminating power of change stage of smoking behavior by decisional balance and self-efficacy.
Methods
This study was a cross-sectional survey. The data were collected from December, 2003 to January, 2004. A total of 127 female high school students who ever smoked were included. The Decisional Balance Scale by Pallonen et al.(1998) and Temptation/ Self-efficacy by Plummer et al.(2001) were used.
Results
Pros and cons of smoking behavior did not show significant difference by the stages of change. And negative affect and positive social among self-efficacy showed significant difference by stages of change. As a discriminant analysis, it was found positive social among self-efficacy was the most influential variable in discriminating the stages of change.
Conclusion
Those discriminating variable that identified in the study can provide the framework in developing programs that focuses on the cessation of smoking in female adolescents. |
| Key Words:
Smoking; Adolescents |
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