Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents
Smoking is the biggest threat to public health, and it remains a serious cause of death in the world; therefore, it is essential to develop our knowledge concerning the attitudes among adolescents toward cigarette smoking. This study was conducted to examine the associations among hardiness, problem...
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| description | Smoking is the biggest threat to public health, and it remains a serious cause of death in the world; therefore, it is essential to develop our knowledge concerning the attitudes among adolescents toward cigarette smoking. This study was conducted to examine the associations among hardiness, problem-solving skills appraisal and attitude towards cigarette smoking in adolescents. The participants comprised of 550 high school students from Tehran, completed the self-report questionnaires. The structural equation modelling (SEM) estimated that adolescents with a high ability for hardiness, effective problem-solving confidence, internal personal control and approaching coping styles were more likely to report negative attitude towards cigarette smoking. The findings promote the value of problem-solving skills and hardiness as protective factors against smoking. |
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| spelling | upm-378232017-10-20T04:36:58Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37823/ Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents Abdollahi, Abbas Abu Talib, Mansor Smoking is the biggest threat to public health, and it remains a serious cause of death in the world; therefore, it is essential to develop our knowledge concerning the attitudes among adolescents toward cigarette smoking. This study was conducted to examine the associations among hardiness, problem-solving skills appraisal and attitude towards cigarette smoking in adolescents. The participants comprised of 550 high school students from Tehran, completed the self-report questionnaires. The structural equation modelling (SEM) estimated that adolescents with a high ability for hardiness, effective problem-solving confidence, internal personal control and approaching coping styles were more likely to report negative attitude towards cigarette smoking. The findings promote the value of problem-solving skills and hardiness as protective factors against smoking. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37823/1/37823.pdf Abdollahi, Abbas and Abu Talib, Mansor (2014) Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents. Asian Social Science, 10 (8). pp. 165-173. ISSN 1911-2017; ESSN: 1911-2025 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ass/article/view/35486 10.5539/ass.v10n8p165 |
| spellingShingle | Abdollahi, Abbas Abu Talib, Mansor Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents |
| title | Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents |
| title_full | Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents |
| title_short | Hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents |
| title_sort | hardiness and problem-solving skills as preventive factors against smoking among adolescents |
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