كفاءة الذاتية للاقلاع عن التدخين ومعرفة عواقب التدخين بين المراهقين

Self-Efficacy for Smoking Cessation and Knowledge about Smoking Consequences among Adolescents

Abstract

Tobacco use heightens the risk of severe chronic diseases and is a major preventable cause of death. Adolescence is a pivotal time for both starting and quitting smoking. Self-efficacy confidence in one’s ability to quit and knowledge about smoking’s consequences significantly affect adolescent smoking behaviors.
A cross section study conducted from 10th October 2023 to 20th June 2024, study aimed to identify if participants’ age, family’s socioeconomic status, and knowledge about smoking consequences can predict their self-efficacy for smoking cessation, and investigate the differences in knowledge about smoking consequences and self-efficacy for smoking cessation between the groups of grade, and living arrangements, family’s socioeconomic status. The study included 400 secondary school students selected by a convenience sample. The study instrument is included Sociodemographic part, Family’s Socioeconomic Status Scale, The Smoking: Self-Efficacy Scale, and Knowledge about the Consequences of Smoking.
The study results revealed that family’s socioeconomic status positively predicts students’ self-efficacy for smoking cessation and knowledge about the consequences of smoking positively predicts students’ self-efficacy for smoking cessation. There is a statistically significant difference in self-efficacy for smoking cessation among family’s socioeconomic status groups.
The study concluded that the better the socioeconomic status the family has, the greater the Self-Efficacy students enjoy. The broader the knowledge the students have, the greater the Self-Efficacy for smoking cessation they enjoy. The study recommends that there is a need for the community health nurses to initiate multisectoral collaboration with the raising of the knowledge of students about the deleterious consequences of smoking. There is a need for the community health nurses to collaborate with health officials in the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs with the goal of protecting adolescents from the hazardous effects of smoking.