Title:
SOCIAL SUPPORT AND SMOKING BEHAVIOR IN TRADITIONAL ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOLS OF ACEH BESAR

Authors:
Ismail Ismail and Bustami Bustami

Abstract:
Indonesia was a country with the third-largest number of smokers in the world. Teenagers were one of the age groups at risk of becoming smokers. The smoking behavior of santri in one of the traditional Islamic boarding schools in Aceh Besar was classified as bad. Emotional support is done to change smoking behavior in students. This research used a method quasi experimental through approach prepostest design with controlling. The sample in this study were students aged >18 years who smoked with a total sample size of 47 people for each intervention. The results showed that emotional support was effective in increasing the knowledge (p = 0.043) and attitudes (p = 0.039) of students to quit smoking. However, emotional support was not effective in reducing the number of cigarettes smoked per day (p = 0.906). Emotional support increases the knowledge and attitudes of students to quit smoking but does not reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day. It is hoped that it is necessary to increase social support that is more effective with longer interventions to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day.

Keywords:
smoking behavior, knowledge, attitude, action, emotional support

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2020.3620