Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia

Social norms, though an important contributing factor of adolescent smoking in developed countries, has not been extensively studied in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to determine the association between certain perceived norms regarding smoking with smoking status among Malaysian sec...

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Main Authors:	Lim, Kuang Hock, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Kee, Chee Cheong, Hejar Abdul Rahman, Amal Nasir Mustafa
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Published:	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012
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spelling	ukm-47572016-12-14T06:36:53Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4757/ Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia Lim, Kuang Hock Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Kee, Chee Cheong Hejar Abdul Rahman, Amal Nasir Mustafa, Social norms, though an important contributing factor of adolescent smoking in developed countries, has not been extensively studied in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to determine the association between certain perceived norms regarding smoking with smoking status among Malaysian secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor. Methods Data were collected from 2311 respondents consisting of 1379 male and 923 female secondary school students in Kota Tinggi district via a self administered questionnaire. Five perceived norms regarding smoking were assessed, namely: perceived peer smoking prevalence, perceived parental reaction towards adolescent smoking, perceived public perception of adolescent smoking, ever noticed peers smoking inside and outside school and perceived enforcement of anti-smoking policy in school and their association with smoking status. Multiple logistic regressions controlling for gender, peer smoking and family smoking was performed. Results Of the five perceived norms, four were associated with smoking status, (perceived peer smoking prevalence (p<0.001value), ever seen friends smoking inside or outside school (p <0.001), perceived parental reaction towards adolescent smoking (p<0.001 value) and perceived public disapproval (p <0.001)). Higher odds for smoking was observed for adolescents who: perceived a few (aOR 3.22), many (aOR 3.01) or a lot (aOR 3.52) of their peers smoke; had ever observed friends smoking in or outside of school (aOR 1.79); perceived their parents will react badly to smoking (aOR 0.84) or perceived the public disapprove of smoking (aOR 0.93). Conclusions These results suggest that perception of social norms influence adolescents’ decision to smoke, thus measures to curb smoking incidence amongst adolescents should address these perceptions of social norms. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4757/1/vol%25202%2520no%25201%25202012_12.pdf Lim, Kuang Hock and Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, and Kee, Chee Cheong and Hejar Abdul Rahman, and Amal Nasir Mustafa, (2012) Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia. International Journal of Public Health Research, 2 (1). pp. 85-92. ISSN 2232-0245 http://www.ijphr.ukm.my/
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description	Social norms, though an important contributing factor of adolescent smoking in developed countries, has not been extensively studied in Malaysia. The objective of this study was to determine the association between certain perceived norms regarding smoking with smoking status among Malaysian secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor. Methods Data were collected from 2311 respondents consisting of 1379 male and 923 female secondary school students in Kota Tinggi district via a self administered questionnaire. Five perceived norms regarding smoking were assessed, namely: perceived peer smoking prevalence, perceived parental reaction towards adolescent smoking, perceived public perception of adolescent smoking, ever noticed peers smoking inside and outside school and perceived enforcement of anti-smoking policy in school and their association with smoking status. Multiple logistic regressions controlling for gender, peer smoking and family smoking was performed. Results Of the five perceived norms, four were associated with smoking status, (perceived peer smoking prevalence (p<0.001value), ever seen friends smoking inside or outside school (p <0.001), perceived parental reaction towards adolescent smoking (p<0.001 value) and perceived public disapproval (p <0.001)). Higher odds for smoking was observed for adolescents who: perceived a few (aOR 3.22), many (aOR 3.01) or a lot (aOR 3.52) of their peers smoke; had ever observed friends smoking in or outside of school (aOR 1.79); perceived their parents will react badly to smoking (aOR 0.84) or perceived the public disapprove of smoking (aOR 0.93). Conclusions These results suggest that perception of social norms influence adolescents’ decision to smoke, thus measures to curb smoking incidence amongst adolescents should address these perceptions of social norms.
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author	Lim, Kuang Hock Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Kee, Chee Cheong Hejar Abdul Rahman, Amal Nasir Mustafa,
spellingShingle	Lim, Kuang Hock Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Kee, Chee Cheong Hejar Abdul Rahman, Amal Nasir Mustafa, Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia
author_facet	Lim, Kuang Hock Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Kee, Chee Cheong Hejar Abdul Rahman, Amal Nasir Mustafa,
author_sort	Lim, Kuang Hock
title	Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia
title_short	Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia
title_full	Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia
title_sort	perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in kota tinggi, johor, malaysia
publisher	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2012
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4757/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4757/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/4757/1/vol%25202%2520no%25201%25202012_12.pdf
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Perceived norms and smoking status among secondary school students in Kota Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia

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