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• 영문명: Prevalence and Correlates of Smoking among High School Students in One Urban Area
• 발행기관: 한국중독정신의학회
• 저자명: 정현강(Hyun-Gang Jung) 이문수(Moon-Soo Lee) 고영훈(Young-Hoon Ko) 김승현(Seung-Hyun Kim) 조숙행(Sook-Haeng Joe) 정인과(In-Kwa Jung) 박정란(Jung-Ran Park) 박성근(Seong-Guen Park)
• 간행물 정보: 『중독정신의학』Vol.10, No.1, 18~28쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2006.04.30

영문 초록

Background：The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of smoking, the level of nicotine dependence and smoking-depression relationship among high school students. Methods：Subjects were 839 high school students in Siheung city. The main assessment measures were the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine dependence and the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale. We also used structured self-report questionnaires which included socio-demographic data, cigarette habit and alcohol consumption. Results：Our study found that the prevalence of smoking in high school students was 20.7%. Among students who had experience of smoking, 7.5% were substantially dependent on nicotine, 46.9% had mild dependence and 45.6% had no dependence. Nicotine dependence was correlated with duration and amount of cigarette smoking. Smokers tend to drink alcohol more frequently than non-smokers (smokers vs non-smokers：3.19±2.57/month vs 2.29±3.35/month). There was significant positive correlation between amounts of smoking and scores of the Zung Self-rating Depression Scale in students who had experience of smoking. Conclusion：More than 10% of high school students initiate cigarette smoking at their early teenage. Cigarette smoking is probably associated with various psychosocial factors such as depression, mental stress and poor primary support group. The-refore, multidisciplinary strategies are required to reduce the prevalence of adolescent cigarette smoking.

키워드

Smoking Nicotine dependence Alcohol Depression