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The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran

This paper aims to examine the relationship between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior and also determine the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran. A quantitative research me...

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Main Authors: Golestan, Samira, Abdullah, Haslinda
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Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53576/1/The%20moderating%20effects%20of%20self-efficacy%20on%20the%20relationship%20between%20stress%20.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.535762018-10-09T03:22:32Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53576/ The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran Golestan, Samira Abdullah, Haslinda This paper aims to examine the relationship between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior and also determine the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran. A quantitative research method was employed. The samples included three hundred current smoker adolescents between the ages of 15 to 18. The data were collected by means of self-administered questionnaires and then analyzed by AMOS software. The direct structural model was employed to determine the path relationships between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior. In addition, a multi-group analysis approach was applied to assess the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents. The results of testing the structural equation model revealed that there is a positive significant relationship between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior. It was also found that self-efficacy significantly moderates the effects of stress on the cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents. The paper proposes some suggestions in order to prevent cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/53576/1/The%20moderating%20effects%20of%20self-efficacy%20on%20the%20relationship%20between%20stress%20.pdf Golestan, Samira and Abdullah, Haslinda (2015) The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran. Asian Culture and History, 7 (1). pp. 739-750. ISSN 1916-9655; ESSN: 1916-9663 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ach/article/view/39140 10.5539/ach.v7n1p130
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description This paper aims to examine the relationship between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior and also determine the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran. A quantitative research method was employed. The samples included three hundred current smoker adolescents between the ages of 15 to 18. The data were collected by means of self-administered questionnaires and then analyzed by AMOS software. The direct structural model was employed to determine the path relationships between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior. In addition, a multi-group analysis approach was applied to assess the moderating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents. The results of testing the structural equation model revealed that there is a positive significant relationship between the individual factor of stress and cigarette smoking behavior. It was also found that self-efficacy significantly moderates the effects of stress on the cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents. The paper proposes some suggestions in order to prevent cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents.
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Abdullah, Haslinda
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The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran
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Abdullah, Haslinda
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title The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran
title_short The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran
title_full The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran
title_fullStr The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran
title_full_unstemmed The moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in Kerman, Iran
title_sort moderating effects of self-efficacy on the relationship between stress and cigarette smoking behavior among adolescents in kerman, iran
publisher Canadian Center of Science and Education
publishDate 2015
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