Prevention of cigarette smoking in adolescents

ISBN-13: 9783659521836 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 80 str.

Abdollahi Abbas;Abu Talib Mansor

Opis

Smoking is the biggest threat to public health, and it remains a serious cause of death in the world. It even causes acute and chronic diseases in passive smokers. Remarkably, the age of the onset of cigarette smoking is decreasing. Therefore, it is essential to increase our knowledge concerning the attitudes among adolescents toward cigarette smoking. The book seeks to examine the role of hardiness and emotional intelligence with attitude towards cigarette smoking in adolescents. The findings showed that hardiness and emotional intelligence were protective factors against smoking in adolescents. Therefore, these findings reinforce the importance of hardiness training and emotional intelligence training in preventing cigarette smoking in adolescents.

O autorze

Abbas Abdollahi was born in Tehran, Iran. He received his first degree in psychology at Allameh Tabatabaii University, Tehran, Iran, then he got his master degree in psychology from Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. He is studying in PHD degree in Psychology at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia.