Self-Efficacy and Tobacco consumption among University students

Abstract

The tobacco consumption continues being today one of the major problems for the health and, nevertheless, it is one of the drugs most consumed in Spain. Bearing in mind that the majority of smokers begin the tobacco consumption in the adolescence and that the university is a context where the students begin or are consolidated in this habit, the specific interventions in this area turn out to be necessary. In this study we examine the existing relation between the self-efficacy and the temptations and the consumption of tobacco in university students, in a sample of 145 students with an average age of 22,80 years. The sample was distributed of the following way: 15,39 % was ex-smokers, 26,57 % occasional smokers and 58,04% smoking daily. The results confirm that the consumption of tobacco continues being today one of the major ones the variable cognitive temptations and self-efficacy they change depending on the ownership group.

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Morales Domínguez, Z., Díaz Batanero, C., Garrido Muñoz De Arenillas, M.R. & Pascual Orts, L.M. (2011). Autoeficacia y consumo de tabaco en estudiantes universitarios. Apuntes de Psicología, 29, 459-470.