Abstract:
Within the context of Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior, this study aimed to determine the predictive ability of attitude toward quit smoking, subjective norms, and perceive behavioral control on the intention to quit smoking in police officers. The participants were 100 police officers smokers selected from metropolitan police station through multi-stage sampling. The instruments were demographic data form, attitude toward quit smoking questionnaire, subjective norm questionnaire, perceived behavioral control questionnaire, and intention to quit smoking questionnaire. All questionnaires were assessed for content validity by a panel of experts and the Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranged from .86 - .97. Data were analyzed using Pearson’s product moment correlation and multiple regressions. The results were as follows: 1.The mean score of intention to quit smoking was medium level ( X = 6.91, SD = 1.98). 2.There were significantly positive relationship between attitudes toward quit smoking, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and police officers’ intention to quit smoking (p < .001, r =.68, .59, & .73 respectively). 3.Attitudes toward quit smoking, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control explained 63.6 % of the variance in police officers’ intention to quit smoking. However, subjective norm was not a significant predictor. The equation derived from the standardized score was: Police officers’ intention to quit smoking = .444 (perceived behavioral control) ... +.356 (Attitudes toward quit smoking)
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