Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts among High School Students in Turkey

Volume: 6 Number: 1 January 1, 2020
  • Murat Acat
  • Çağdaş Öykü Memiş
  • Muhammet Kamil Turan
  • Ali Ramazan Benli
  • Emre Taskın
  • Zehra Yasar
  • Seda Derici Memiş
  • Onur Yazıcı
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Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts among High School Students in Turkey

Abstract

Introduction: Research indicates that social stressors, negative affect, anxiety or depression are associated with an increased prevalence of smoking in adolescents. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the smoking prevalence and to find out whether spending more time on the internet or psychological characteristics like negative automatic thoughts and thoughts of failure at school affect smoking among adolescents. Material and Methods: A self-administered anonymous sociodemographic questionnaire and the automatic thoughts questionnaire ATQ were administered using a sample of students in grades 9 through 12 at eight different public senior high schools in Karabuk, Turkey. A descriptive analysis was made, and the Chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare the groups. Results: From the 463 participating students aged 14-19 years 43.9% female, 56.1% male , 40 8.7% had tried smoking or were former smokers and 48 10.4% were occasionally or daily smokers. Students with male gender p

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Murat Acat This is me

Çağdaş Öykü Memiş This is me

Muhammet Kamil Turan This is me

Ali Ramazan Benli This is me

Emre Taskın This is me

Zehra Yasar This is me

Seda Derici Memiş This is me

Onur Yazıcı This is me

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Year 2020 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Acat, M., Memiş, Ç. Ö., Turan, M. K., Benli, A. R., Taskın, E., Yasar, Z., Derici Memiş, S., & Yazıcı, O. (2020). Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts among High School Students in Turkey. Akdeniz Tıp Dergisi, 6(1), 16-21. https://izlik.org/JA89TW74WR
AMA
1.Acat M, Memiş ÇÖ, Turan MK, et al. Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts among High School Students in Turkey. Akd Med J. 2020;6(1):16-21. https://izlik.org/JA89TW74WR
Chicago
Acat, Murat, Çağdaş Öykü Memiş, Muhammet Kamil Turan, et al. 2020. “Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts Among High School Students in Turkey”. Akdeniz Tıp Dergisi 6 (1): 16-21. https://izlik.org/JA89TW74WR.
EndNote
Acat M, Memiş ÇÖ, Turan MK, Benli AR, Taskın E, Yasar Z, Derici Memiş S, Yazıcı O (January 1, 2020) Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts among High School Students in Turkey. Akdeniz Tıp Dergisi 6 1 16–21.
IEEE
[1]M. Acat et al., “Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts among High School Students in Turkey”, Akd Med J, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 16–21, Jan. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA89TW74WR
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Acat, Murat - Memiş, Çağdaş Öykü - Turan, Muhammet Kamil - Benli, Ali Ramazan - Taskın, Emre - Yasar, Zehra - Derici Memiş, Seda - Yazıcı, Onur. “Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts Among High School Students in Turkey”. Akdeniz Tıp Dergisi 6/1 (January 1, 2020): 16-21. https://izlik.org/JA89TW74WR.
JAMA
1.Acat M, Memiş ÇÖ, Turan MK, Benli AR, Taskın E, Yasar Z, Derici Memiş S, Yazıcı O. Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts among High School Students in Turkey. Akd Med J. 2020;6:16–21.
MLA
Acat, Murat, et al. “Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts Among High School Students in Turkey”. Akdeniz Tıp Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 16-21, https://izlik.org/JA89TW74WR.
Vancouver
1.Murat Acat, Çağdaş Öykü Memiş, Muhammet Kamil Turan, Ali Ramazan Benli, Emre Taskın, Zehra Yasar, Seda Derici Memiş, Onur Yazıcı. Smoking Prevalence, Associated Attitudes and Comparison of Negative Automatic Thoughts among High School Students in Turkey. Akd Med J [Internet]. 2020 Jan. 1;6(1):16-21. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA89TW74WR