Smoking Behavior and Self-Esteem of Students of Private Schools
- VernacularTitle:私立学校1307名中学生吸烟与自尊水平调查
- Author:
Chunhong LIU
;
Dexin ZHANG
;
Ping DIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
mental health smoking cross-sectional studies self-esteem middle school student
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1991;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To study the relationship between smoking behavior and self-esteem of adolescents.Methods:1307 students of the seventh and eighth grades of 8 private schools completed questionnaires about smoking behavior and self-esteem. Results: More cigarettes smoking, less score of self-esteem. Those had quit smoking had higher scores in self-esteem than those can not quit. Students who chose“will smoke in the future”had lower self-esteem than the students chose“won't smoke in the future”.Conclusion:Smoking behavior is a marker of low self-esteem.
