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: Received: 27 June 2023 / Approved: 28 June 2023 / Online: 28 June 2023 (08:31:33 CEST)
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Licu, M.; Ionescu, C.G.; Suciu, M. Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Smoking Prevalence among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints2023, 2023061964. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1964.v1
Licu, M.; Ionescu, C.G.; Suciu, M. Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Smoking Prevalence among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints 2023, 2023061964. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1964.v1
Licu, M.; Ionescu, C.G.; Suciu, M. Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Smoking Prevalence among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints2023, 2023061964. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1964.v1
APA Style
Licu, M., Ionescu, C.G., & Suciu, M. (2023). Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Smoking Prevalence among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1964.v1
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Licu, M., Claudiu Gabriel Ionescu and Maria Suciu. 2023 "Self-Esteem, Self-Efficacy, and Smoking Prevalence among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.1964.v1
Abstract
: BACKGROUND: The prevalence of smoking among students is a growing concern, particular-ly among medical students. Being associated with stress, competitiveness, and various social in-fluences, smoking can have detrimental effects on self-esteem and self-efficacy and may create a vicious cycle that may contribute to students’ well-being and academic performance out-comes.METHODS: A cross-sectional study on 456 medical students was conducted via an online survey using structured questionnaires on socio-demographic characteristics, smoking habits, nicotine dependence, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. RESULTS: The prevalence of smoking was 31.1% The scores of self-esteem and self-efficacy were positively correlated with smoking habits (W1=0.957, W2=0.975, P<0.05). Students presented rather low smoking addiction with male stu-dents having slightly higher scores than female students on self-esteem and self-efficacy, mili-tary students had higher self-esteem scores than civilians with physical activity having a posi-tive correlation with non-smoking behavior. CONCLUSION: According to our results, self-esteem and self-efficacy were slightly positively correlated with smoking habits. Furthermore, there was no statistically significant association between other social factors and smoking. Our results may develop a theoretical basis for medical students’ psychological variables studying for further implementation of university educational programs and preventive interventions em-powering students towards an overall better quality of life, addressing, among others, smoking behaviors.
Keywords
prevalence; smoking; medical students; self-esteem; self-efficacy
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health
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