Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study the stages of change in smoking cessation behavior and their association with personal factors. The differences in the process of change, decisional balance, and self-efficacy in each stage of smoking cessation behavior among the conscripts were also studied. The research was designed as a cross-survey. Research samples were taken from the conscript population in Antiaircraft Artillery Division 1, with total of 176 conscripts selected by using systematic random sampling method. Data were gathered by using a questionnaire, and analyzed by using the following statistics: percentage, Chi-square, Fisher's exact, and ANOVA test. The study found that 31.25 per cent of the samples were in the contemplation of quitting stage. The results of Chi-square and Fisher's exact test also showed that personal factors such as start smoking age and average number of tobacco consumed per day were significantly associated with the stages of change in smoking cessation behavior. There were 6 independent factors affecting the process of change, which were dramatic relief, self reevaluation, environmental reevaluation, counter condition, self liberation, and reinforcement management. All of them were significantly different in each of the 5 stages of smoking cessation behavior (precontemplation, contemplation, ready to action, action, and maintenance stage). The self-efficacy about habit and a craving for smoking was significantly different in each stages of change in behavior. The results from this research suggest that the process of change and self-efficacy can be used as a guideline in order to provide smoking cessation programs that are effective and fit to the needs of the conscripts.
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