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dc.contributor.author | Mohammed, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cheung, KL | - |
dc.contributor.author | Winkens, B | - |
dc.contributor.author | De Vries, N | - |
dc.contributor.author | De Vries, H | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-09T12:27:41Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-09T12:27:41Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019-06-07 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Tobacco Prevention & Cessation, 5 (June):21 (8) | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2459-3087 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/19094 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2019 The Athors. Introduction: Knowing country-specific predictors of smoking behaviour for adolescents is crucial for successful smoking prevention programs. This study aims to assess demographic and socio-cognitive variables related to smoking initiation among Saudi male adolescents. Methods: Longitudinal data were collected at T1 (baseline) and at T2 (followup at 6 months) using a self-administered questionnaire. We assessed smoking behaviour and related demographic variables and socio-cognitive variables. Chisquared tests and independent-samples t-tests were used to identify differences in baseline characteristics between smokers and non-smokers at T1. Furthermore, non-smokers at T1 were included in logistic regression analyses to examine the predictors of smoking initiation between T1 and T2. Results: At T1, the non-smokers who were included in further analysis were 523 (84.9%) of whom 48 (9.2%) had initiated smoking at T2. They differed significantly from non-initiators, including having a more positive attitude towards smoking, reporting more social norms, modelling and pressure to smoke, having a lower self-efficacy to refrain from smoking and higher intention to smoke in the future (all p<0.001). The regression analysis revealed that: adolescents with disrupted-families, being of low academic achievement, with relatively high monthly-income families, having more smoking-peers, high-perceived pressure to smoke from parents (p=0.002) and teachers (p=0.001), have smoking supportivenorms of parents and having high intention to smoke in the future (p<0.001) were at higher risk of being smokers. Conclusions: Findings suggest that health-promoting programs should address strengthening of self-efficacy and enhancing refusal skills against modelling of peers, pressure and norms of parents. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | E.U. European Publishing | en_US |
dc.subject | adolescents | en_US |
dc.subject | I-Change Model | en_US |
dc.subject | smoking initiation | en_US |
dc.subject | smoking predictors | en_US |
dc.subject | Saudi Arabia | en_US |
dc.title | Factors associated with smoking initiation among Saudi male adolescents: A longitudinal study | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/109167 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Tobacco Prevention & Cessation | - |
pubs.issue | June | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | - |
pubs.volume | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2459-3087 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Health Sciences Research Papers |
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