Factors affecting smoking prevention behaviors among the elementary school students in Phitsanulok province
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https://doi.org/10.14456/dcj.2022.75Keywords:
smoking preventive behavior, student, elementary schoolAbstract
This predictive research aimed to study the smoking prevention behaviors and the factors influencing the smoking prevention behaviors among elementary school students in Phitsanulok province. The 460 samples were included and data was collected using self-administered questionnaires. Descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, inferential statistics, and multiple linear regression were employed to analyze the data. The results showed that most of the samples’ smoking prevention behaviors were at the good level (65.70%). The smoking prevention behaviors at high level were spending the valuable leisure time with productive activities rather than smoking (77.8%) and refusing peers’ invitation to participate in smoking activity (76.3%). The predictive factors influencing the smoking prevention behaviors among the elementary school students at statistically significant level of 0.05 were life skills (β=0.339, p<0.001); receiving support from parents, teachers, friends and famous people (β=0.163, p<0.001); social norms (β=0.141, p<0.001); roles and duties of family institution (β=0.122, p=0.002); smoking prevention policy implemented in a school (β=0.097, p=0.022); teachers’ roles in preventing smoking (β=0.093, p=0.028); and gender (β=-0.079, p=0.034). Altogether, these factors could predict the smoking prevention behaviors with 41.4 percent accuracy (R2=0.414, F=45.227, p-value<0.001). Relevant organizations responsible for smoking prevention should promote and enhance students’ life skills in dealing effectively with various problems and situations in daily life. Besides, activities leading to support from families and teachers should also be emphasized to increase the anti-smoking behaviors.
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