KMID : 0607720110220020121
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Journal of Korean Community Nursing 2011 Volume.22 No. 2 p.121 ~ p.130
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The Effects of a Self-esteem and Smoking Cessation Self-efficiency Improvement Program on Smoking High School Students
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Kim Young-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand the effects of a program to improve self-esteem and smoking
cessation self-efficiency on smoking high school students¡¯ self-esteem, smoking cessation self-efficiency, amount
of smoking, cotinine in urine, and carbon monoxide while exhalation.
Methods: This research was conducted as a quasi-experimental pretest and posttest control and experimental group methodological comparison study. The subjects were 45 smoking high school students (Exp.=22, Cont.=23) in U City. Data were collected from October 19 to December 7, 2010, and analyzed using the SPSS/WIN 12.0 program by frequency, Mann-Whitney test, means, standard deviations, and Willcoxon signed rank test.
Results: After the treatment, those belonging to the experimental group showed significantly increased self-esteem and smoking cessation self-efficacy and also showed decreased amount of smoking, cotinine in urine, and carbon monoxide while exhalation compared to the control group.
Conclusion: The self-esteem and smoking cessation self-efficacy improvement program was effective in improving self-esteem and smoking cessation self-efficacy and in diminishing the amount of smoking, cotinine in urine and carbon monoxide while exhalation. Therefore, this program is recommended as a smoking cessation strategy for smoking adolescents.
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KEYWORD
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Self esteem, Smoking cessation, Self efficacy, Cotinine, Carbon monoxide
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