Family and Friends' Smoking, and Personal Coping Styles as Predictors of Cigarette Smoking among Aau Main Campus Students
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2006-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether family smoking,
friends'smoking, and students' coping styles have significant contribution
on the prediction of cigarette smoking among university students in main
campus of Addis Ababa University. A self-reported questionnaire
comprising students' family and friends smoking status items, coping
scale, and cigarette use inventory was administered to a random sample
of 658 male students. Chi-square and binary logistic regression analyses
were used for analysis. Results obtained through chi-square analysis
displayed that fathers' smoking, brothers' smoking and friends' smoking
associated significantly with cigarette smoking of students. However, there
was no association between smokers and non-smokers related to
mothers', sisters' and other family members' smoking. Coping styles
(productive, non-productive and reference to others) also associated
significantly with cigarette smoking of students. Logistic regression
analysis revealed that fathers' smoking, brothers' smoking and friends'
smoking significantly predicted cigarette smoking of students. Students
who have father, brother{s) or friend(s) who smoke are more likely to
practice smoking behaviors than those students with non-smoker father,
brother{s) or friend(s). Similarly, coping styles (productive, non-productive
and reference to others) significantly predicted cigarette smoking of
students. Students with lower scores on productive coping style and/or
reference to others coping style, and/or higher score on the non-productive
coping style indicated more likely to smoke. The logistic regression result
also revealed that friends' smoking was a dominant independent predictor
of cigarette smoking of students. These results highlight the importance of
considering smoking by fathers, brothers and friends, and the personal
coping styles for the early detection of cigarette smoking.
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Personal Coping Styles as Predictors