Wulandari, Devi (2003) Adolescents smoking behavior: A comparison study of Indonesia and The Netherlands. Masters thesis, Universiteit Leiden.
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Abstract
Smoking has become an epidemic since several decades ago. Global smoking trend nowadays shows that the number of youth smokers from developing countries is bigger than developed countries. However, most of researches of adolescents smoking behavior were conducted in developed countries. Therefore, it is important to examine adolescents smoking behavior from developing countries. The present study attempted to examine determinants of adolescents smoking behavior from Indonesia as a sample of developing country. Gender, peer smoking behavior, attitudes toward smoking and subjective norms were indicated as significant predictors of Indonesian adolescents smoking behavior. For smoking experienced adolescents, attitudes toward smoking was indicated as a significant predictor of intention to smoke whereas for nonsmoking adolescents, their intention to smoke was predominantly governed by subjective norms. The study also made comparison of adolescents smoking behavior from developing country (i.e. the Netherlands) and developed country (i.e. Indonesia). The result showed that For Indonesian adolescents (N = 301), adolescents smoking behavior was more likely to be determined by peer smoking behavior and subjective norms. As for Dutch adolescents (N = 298), their smoking behavior was more likely to be governed by attitudes towards smoking. This phenomenon can be explained by the terms of culture. The Netherlands is considered to have an individual culture, which view the self as personal and independent from each other. As for Indonesian adolescents, who were in collective culture, social norms were more valued than personal attitudes. Indonesian adolescents tended to seek harmony with their surrounding norms.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Falsafah dan Peradaban > Psikologi-S1 |
| Depositing User: | Mr Aditio Setyawicaksono |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jul 2022 08:48 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2022 08:48 |
| URI: | http://repository.paramadina.ac.id/id/eprint/445 |
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