Open AccessSmoking Habit: Counselling Intervention For Secondary School’s Students
Author(s) -
Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz,
Amin Al Haadi Shafie,
Ahmad Rajaie Amerudin
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
al-'abqari : journal of islamic social sciences and humanities/al-'abqari
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2504-8422
pISSN - 2232-0431
DOI - 10.33102/abqari.vol26no1.497
Subject(s) - emotive , habit , intervention (counseling) , session (web analytics) , psychology , clinical psychology , qualitative research , medicine , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychiatry , social science , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , world wide web , computer science
The smoking habit among school students nowadays are worrying. Every day, more cases of smoking among them are reported. Studies show that smoking has a wide range of harmful consequences on people. Hence, this study focuses on identifying the causes, risks, and effects of smoking on students. Besides that, it was done to explore the role of counselling session in helping the involved student. This is a qualitative study using interviews sessions as a study design involving 14-years-old student who is a smoker as a subject in this study. The counselling theories that have been used were Person-Centred Counselling (PCC) and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT). Sources from the Quran and hadith are also shared in this study This study describes the issues identified, the psychometric tools used, the treatment process carried out, the results of the treatment, and the challenges throughout the session. Among the causes identified are from family factors, social relationships, and environmental factors. Meanwhile, the effect seen is from the aspects of health, finance, and dependence. As a conclusion, it is proven that counselling session may be helpful in increasing the awareness among the smoker about the implications of the smoking and further increase their motivation to stop smoking.