Influences of Parental and Close Friends’ Smoking on University Students Smoking

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigateparental smoking and friend’s smoking effect onuniversity students smoking. Of 453 studentswhom participated in this study, 39.29% (n=178)were female, and 60.71% (n=275) were male.Data collected included measures of attitudestoward parental smoking, smoking status of university students, parents and friends. Logisticregression analysis showed that parental smoking (OR = 1.58; 95% CI: 1.02-2.44) and friend’ssmoking (OR = 6.19; 95% CI: 2.62-14.67) weresignificantly associated with university student’ssmoking. These results suggest that friends’and parents’ smoking have similarly importantinfluences on university student’s smoking

Keywords

• Parents, friends, smoking,university students

Sigara içen ebeveyn ve yakın arkadaşların üniversite öğrencilerin sigara içme alışkanlıkları üstündeki etkileri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, sigara içen ebeveynve yakın arkadaşların üniversite öğrencilerininsigara içme alışkanlıkları üzerindeki etkisinibelirlemekti. Çalışmaya katılan 453 öğrencinin% 39.29’u (n=178) kız, %60.71’i (n=275) erkekidi. Ebeveynlerin sigara içmeye dönük tutumlarını, öğrencilerin, ebeveynlerin ve arkadaşlarınsigara içme durumlarını tanımlayan veriler toplandı. Lojistik regresyon analizi, ebeveynlerin(OR = 1.58; 95% CI: 1.02-2.44) ve arkadaşlarınsigara içmeleri (OR = 6.19; 95% CI: 2.62-14.67)ile üniversite öğrencilerinin sigara içmealışkanlıkları arasında güçlü bir ilişki olduğunugösterdi. Bu sonuçlar, sigara içen ebeveyn veüniversite öğrencilerinin sigara içme alışkanlıkları üzerinde benzer önemli etkiye sahipolduğunu ortaya koydu

Keywords

• Ebeveynler, arkadaşlar, sigara içme, üniversite öğrencileri

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