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KMID : 1190720040090010105
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Chonnam Journal of Nursing Science
2004 Volume.9 No. 1 p.105 ~ p.112
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Na Young-Hwa
Park Oh-Jang
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to understand smoking status, self-esteem and problematic behaviors of high school girls in a rural community, and to suggest a basic education material for a smoking prevention program of school health. The subjects of this study were 693 high school girls in K. Gun of C. Do. during the period of Mar. 2nd to 15th, 2004. Data was collected using Questionnaires for self-esteem (Rosenberg, 1965), problematic behaviors (cho, 2000). The reliabilities of each instruments were Chronbach's a=.77 and .91. Data was analyzed by frequency and percentage, mean and SD, x2-test, t-test, ANOVA and Scheffe test in SPSS 10.0 program. The result may be summarized as follows: 1. The smoking girls were 3.3% and those who had smoking experiences were 13.8% in the 693 high school girls. 2. The first time of smoking experience was highest in middle school (64.2%), followed by primary school (19.3%), high school (14.7%), and kindergarten (1.8%). 3. Smoking motivation was highest in curiosity (62.0%), followed by reduction of stresses (15.0%), and recommendation of their seniors or friends (14.0%). 4. The most frequent smoking places were bathroom or toilet (37.0%) and game room (26.1%). 5. Smoking amount a day of the smoking girls was most frequent in the less than ten Cigarettes (35.0%) and over than ten ones (35.0%), followed by less than five ones (30.0%). 6. The smoking rate was significantly higher in the girls of below grade point than those of higher (x2=17.603, p=.001), in the dormitory or the other resident than those of their own home (x2=8.628, p=.004) , in the higher eronomic status than lower (x2=32.153, p=.001), in the unhappy family atmosphere than happy family (x2=25.244, p=.001), and in the situation of living with smoking family (x2=17.785, p=.001). 7. The problematic behaviors showed significantly higher in the smoking students than those of smoking experience and non-smokers, and the smoking experience students were significantly higher than those of non-smoking (F=90.530, p=.001).
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KEYWORD
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Smoking status, Self-esteem, Problematic behavior, High school girl
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