Open AccessSmoking Beliefs Among Chinese Secondary School Students: A Theory-Based Qualitative Study
Author(s) -
Xiang Zhao,
Katherine M. White,
Ross McD. Young,
Patricia L. Obst
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntx012
Subject(s) - theory of planned behavior , psychological intervention , focus group , normative , psychology , harm , intervention (counseling) , qualitative research , population , normative social influence , applied psychology , smoking cessation , public health , social psychology , environmental health , developmental psychology , medicine , control (management) , nursing , sociology , psychiatry , political science , social science , management , pathology , anthropology , economics , law
China has the world's greatest number of smokers but theory-based smoking interventions are rare. To develop an effective intervention, understanding the determinants of Chinese adolescent smoking is crucial. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) is empirically supported to predict and assist in informing intervention strategies to change health-related behaviors. Based on the TPB, the elicitation of shared smoking beliefs among adolescents can inform future intervention designs among this at-risk population.
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