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Areca quid chewing by Taiwanese adolescents: application of the Attitudes Social Influence Self‐efficacy (ASE) model
Author(s) -
Li ShihMing,
Yu S. RweiLing,
Hu HsingChia,
Huang JehnShyun
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2003.00543.x
Subject(s) - areca , expectancy theory , self efficacy , psychology , clinical psychology , demography , social psychology , structural engineering , sociology , nut , engineering
Aims To investigate the factors associated with areca quid‐chewing behaviour using the Attitudes–Social influence–Self‐efficacy (ASE) model as a theoretical framework. Design Cross‐sectional survey. Setting and participants A total of 400 students from a junior high school participated in the study in 2001 in Chia‐Yi city (Taiwan). Measurements Expectancy scales (for the attitude component of the ASE), a self‐efficacy scale (for the self‐efficacy component of the ASE) and a social norm scale (for the social influence component of the ASE) were utilized. These measures displayed good reliability and validity. Findings Forty‐seven students (11.75%) reported that they had tried chewing areca quid previously, eight of them practicing chewing it every day. Positive and negative expectancy ( r = 0.43, r =− 0.20), self‐ efficacy ( r = − 0.65), and subject social norm ( r = 0.53) were significantly correlated with participants’ intentions to chew areca quid. In a regression model, self‐efficacy (β = − 0.46, P < 0.001), social norm (β = 0.22, P < 0.001), positive expectancy (β = 0.18, P < 0.001) and negative expectancy (β = − 0.08, P = 0.040) all made independent contributions to predicting intentions to chew and explained 46.8% of the variance in areca quid‐chewing behaviour. Conclusions Areca quid chewing appeared to be linked to positive expectancy and social norms pertaining to areca quid chewing associated with adolescents. However, high negative expectancy and high self‐efficacy encouraged contrary behaviour. The application of the ASE model as the scenario could improve our understanding of the intention of the areca quid chewing among these adolescents.