THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VOCATIONAL COLLEGE STUDENTS SMOKING BEHAVIOR AND SELF ACTUALIZATION INTERPERSONAL SUPPORT AND STRESS MANAGEMENT

İngilizce (OpenAlex)

In this study the relationship between Health Services students' smoking behaviors and self-actualization, interpersonal support and stress management was explored. Students (372) in the Health and Social programs of the Erciyes University vocational college participated in the research. Data were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (M ± SD) or median with minumum-maximum values. Over one third (37.9%) of the students were smokers. It was determined that male students, students of social programs, students who had an income of ≤83 USD, students who had a good perception of general health, students who did not have a serious health problem, students who participated in sports and who did not consume alcohol smoked much more than the other groups (p < 0.05). The mean of students' self-actualization points was 36.03 ± 7.40, of interpersonal support points, 20.45 ± 4.04, and of stress management points, 17.87 ± 4.13. The means of the nonsmoker students' self-actualization and interpersonal support points were found to be significantly high (p < 0.05).