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Adolescents' Smoking Behaviors: A Qualitative Study

Adölesanların Sigara İçme Davranışları: Nitel Bir Araştırma

Zeynep Kisecik Şengül0000-0001-7471-9606
Hava Salik(HAKKARİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ)0009-0009-5928-0389
Muhammed Furkan Parlak0000-0001-7671-0488
Pages
333–354
Publication Date
2025-12-15
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To prevent smoking addiction in adolescents, it is important to establish educational programs in schools and encourage young people to engage in positive peer relationships and social activities.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The aim of this study is to thoroughly examine adolescents' smoking behaviors.
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Key Findings & Data:Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 adolescents who smoke in a province located in eastern Turkey.
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Conclusion & Impact:To prevent smoking addiction in adolescents, it is important to establish educational programs in schools and encourage young people to engage in positive peer relationships and social activities.
🔬Design:Araştırma Makalesi
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⚙️Variables:adölesan · nitel araştırma · sigara içme

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The aim of this study is to thoroughly examine adolescents' smoking behaviors. In this study, the phenomenological approach, one of the qualitative research methods, was adopted. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 adolescents who smoke in a province located in eastern Turkey. The criterion sampling method, one of the purposive sampling techniques, was used to select the sample group. The data of the study were evaluated using thematic analysis. The average age of the adolescents participating in the study was 16.8±0.4. Of the participants, 8 were male and 2 were female, and all were at the high school level. The average age of starting smoking was 14.0±1.8. Participants had been smoking for an average of 4.5±2.3 years, with an average daily cigarette consumption of 5.6±2.8 cigarettes. As a result of data analysis, 3 main themes (reasons for smoking behavior, individual and societal effects of smoking, support mechanisms) and 6 sub-themes (social reasons, emotional reasons, physical effects, psychosocial effects, sources of social support, and self-help skills) were identified. To prevent smoking addiction in adolescents, it is important to establish educational programs in schools and encourage young people to engage in positive peer relationships and social activities.

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Bu araştırmanın amacı adölesanların sigara içme davranışlarını derinlemesine incelemektir. Nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden biri olan fenomenolojik yaklaşım benimsenmiştir. Araştırma, Türkiye’nin doğusunda bulunan bir ilde sigara içen 10 adölesan ile yarı yapılandırılmış derinlemesine görüşmeler ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden ölçüt örneklem yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın verileri tematik analiz kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırmaya katılan adölesanların yaş ortalaması: 16.8±0.4’tür. Katılımcıların 8’i erkek, 2’si kızdır. Katılımcıların tümü lise düzeyindedir. Sigara içme başlangıç yaşı ortalaması 14.0±1.8’dir. Katılımcıların sigara kullanma süreleri ortalama 4.5±2.3 yıl olup, günlük sigara kullanımı ortalaması 5.6±2.8 adettir. Verilerin analizi sonucunda 3 tema (sigara içme davranışının nedenleri, sigaranın bireysel ve toplumsal etkileri, destek mekanizmaları) ve 6 alt tema (sosyal nedenler, duygusal nedenler, fiziksel etkiler, psikososyal etkiler, sosyal destek kaynakları, öz yardım becerileri) belirlenmiştir. Adölesanlarda sigara bağımlılığını önlemek için okullarda eğitim programlarının oluşturulması, gençlerin olumlu arkadaş ilişkilerine ve sosyal aktivitelere yönlendirilmesi önemlidir.

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Şengül, Z. K., Salik, H., Parlak, M. F. (2025). Adolescents' Smoking Behaviors: A Qualitative Study. Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 3, 333–354. https://ajindex.com/articles/1520396

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