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Original Article Attitude Type about Smoking of Smoking Middle School Students
Kyoung Soon Han, Sun Young Moon, Yong Hee Choi, Bok Chang Oh, Shin Jeong Kim

DOI: https://doi.org/
Published online: September 30, 2002
1Department of Nursing, ShinHeung College, Korea.
2School nurse, DoBong female middle school, Korea.
3School nurse, NaUoo middle school, Korea.
4Department of Nursing, Hallym University, Korea.
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The purpose of this study was to understand and analyze the subjective structure of attitude The method was based on a Q-Methodological approach. The results of this study, there were four categories of smoking middle school students' attitude about smoking. The first type named Self Belief type that this type didn't sensible of their surrounding persons when they were smoking and they also were responsible for strong opinion at their behavior. The second type named Other's Awareness type that they were seen the behaviors they always have to see other person when they were smoked, but if they didn't smoke or have tobaccos they feel heavy and are restless. The third type named Solving of Anxiety type. They first used to smoke when they wanted to solve their anxiety, stress, awkwardness and angry. The fourth type named A Sense of Belonging Group type. This type followed if their friends were smoking they also did it with them. As to grasping of their motivation to smoking of middle school of students with smoking, they felt some intimacy and same quality each other. In consideration of various types of attitude about smoking, it was very necessary important to grasp the meaning because we were known about attitude, belief etc. And then Through getting hold of the meaning, we could understand with their thought and value of Students in middle school. Besides, as a substitute for the students were depending on smoking purposelessly will fix right self-confidence.


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