One of the most common addictive substances is cigarettes. Smoking is gaining widespread popularity both in the world and in our country every passing day. In this context, it has become an important problem for every age group. Although it is an important problem for each period in terms of life periods, they outh period is seen as a more risky period in terms of starting smoking and dependence. During they outh period, which is one of the most risky periods in cigarette addiction, young people learn cigarette use behavior with various reasons. One of these learning styles is learned through modeling behavior in the context of social learning theory. This study is conducted to investigate the role of social learning in smoking behavior of university students. There search is a qualitative research carried out with 15 university students. The interview technique is used as a data collection tool. The results have been evaluated by content analysis. Findings from the study are: It is seen that the age of meeting with cigarettes is generally in high school years, but it also declined until primary school age. It is found that the most common reason of smoking initation among the university students is peer influence, the smoking increased most in entourage and the students are most affected by taking the model of smoking.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Research Articles |
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Publication Date | December 30, 2018 |
Submission Date | March 8, 2018 |
Acceptance Date | October 5, 2018 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 |