Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351629, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA.
Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 Oct;14(10):1235-40. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntr281. Epub 2011 Dec 21.
Few smoking cessation programs are designed for college students, a unique population that may categorically differ from adolescents and adults, and thus may have different motivations to quit than the general adult population. Understanding college student motives may lead to better cessation interventions tailored to this population. Motivation to quit may differ, however, between racial groups. The current study is a secondary analysis examining primary motives in college student smokers, and differences between Asian American and Caucasian students in smoking frequency, nicotine dependence, and motives to quit.
Participants (N = 97) listed personal motives to quit cigarette smoking, which were then coded into categories: health, personal relationships (e.g., friends, family, romantic partners), self-view (e.g., "addicted" or "not in control"), image in society, impact on others or the environment (e.g., second-hand smoke, pollution), and drain on personal resources (e.g., money, time).
Mean number of motives were highest in the category of health, followed by personal relationships, drain on resources, self-view, image, and impact. Asian American students listed significantly fewer motives in the categories of health, self-view and image, and significantly more in the category of personal relationships than Caucasian students. Nicotine dependence was significantly higher for Asian American students. However, frequency of smoking did not differ between groups.
Results may inform customization of smoking cessation programs for college students and address relevant culturally specific factors of different racial groups.
很少有戒烟计划是专为大学生设计的，而大学生是一个独特的群体，他们可能与青少年和成年人有明显的不同，因此与普通成年人群体相比，他们可能有不同的戒烟动机。了解大学生的动机可能会导致为这一人群量身定制更好的戒烟干预措施。然而，动机可能因种族群体而异。本研究是一项二次分析，旨在研究大学生吸烟者的主要动机，以及亚裔美国人和白种人学生在吸烟频率、尼古丁依赖和戒烟动机方面的差异。
参与者（N=97）列出了戒烟的个人动机，这些动机随后被编码为以下几类：健康、人际关系（如朋友、家人、恋爱伴侣）、自我形象（如“上瘾”或“无法自控”）、社会形象、对他人或环境的影响（如二手烟、污染）以及个人资源的消耗（如金钱、时间）。
健康类别的动机数量最高，其次是人际关系、资源消耗、自我形象和形象，最后是对他人或环境的影响。亚裔美国学生在健康、自我形象和形象方面列出的动机明显少于白种人学生，而在人际关系方面列出的动机明显多于白种人学生。亚裔美国学生的尼古丁依赖程度明显更高。然而，两组学生的吸烟频率没有差异。
研究结果可能为大学生戒烟计划的定制提供信息，并解决不同种族群体相关的特定文化因素。
