The Relationship between Attitude and Coping Skills toward Secondhand E-cigarette Smoking among Nonsmoking College Students
10.7586/jkbns.2019.21.2.114
- Author:
Sojeong WI
1
;
Deokmin PARK
;
Hyunjin KIM
;
Myungjoo PARK
;
Hye chong HONG
Author Information
1. College of Nursing ,Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Electronic nicotine delivery systems;
Tobacco smoke pollution;
Smoking;
Attitude;
Adaptation, psychological
- MeSH:
Adaptation, Psychological;
Electronic Cigarettes;
Humans;
Korea;
Seoul;
Smoke;
Smoking;
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
- From:Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
2019;21(2):114-122
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between smoking attitude and coping skills toward secondhand e-cigarette smoking among nonsmoking college students. METHODS: This study was conducted with 148 students from a University in Seoul, Korea. Participants completed questionnaires and the data were analyzed using a T-test, ANOVA, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients. RESULTS: The mean score of smoking attitude is 51.35±4.73. The mean score of coping skills is 13.89±2.53 in verbal skills, 10.16±2.37 in behavioral skills, and 8.32±2.30 in assertive skills. Coping skills toward secondhand smoking are noted as being different by current cohabitation smoker. A significant relationship between smoking attitude and behavioral coping skills(r=.23, p=.004) was found, which means that a better smoking attitude was correlated with more active behavioral coping skills. CONCLUSION: The results showed that nonsmoking college students with better smoking attitude react to the E-cigarette smoking with more active behaviors. Therefore, interventions are needed to be developed to encourage better smoking attitude and coping skills toward secondhand E-cigarette smoking.
