Smoking cessation

Yeung, Chun Yiu.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 53-62).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.i論文摘要(Chinese Abstract) --- p.iiAcknowledgements --- p.iiiList of Tables --- p.ivChapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1Smoking: The greatest single preventable cause of death --- p.1Negative health impacts of smoking on non-smokers --- p.1Smoking ban in Hong Kong in 2007 --- p.2Lack of theory-based local smoking research --- p.3Self-Determination Theory --- p.4Extensions to current SDT research on smoking --- p.6Differentiating autonomous motivation in personal-relational dimension --- p.6Relational-interdependent self-construal and nature of autonomous motivation --- p.8Perceived competence and condition-specific self-efficacy --- p.9Proposed framework --- p.10Research purpose --- p.11Hypotheses --- p.11Statistical analyses --- p.12Chapter Chapter 2: --- Method --- p.14Recruitment strategies --- p.14Attrition of participants --- p.16Instruments --- p.16Variables of smoking pattern --- p.21Chapter Chapter 3: --- Results --- p.24Characteristics of participants --- p.24Attrition analysis --- p.25Descriptive statistics and construct score change from baseline to T2 assessment --- p.27Correlation analysis --- p.28Logistic regression for predicting quitters and non-quitters --- p.31Logistic regression for comparing the fundamental SDT and extended theoretical framework --- p.32Exploring the interaction effects between SDT variables and RISC in the prediction of quitting --- p.33ANOVAs on major variables for smokers with different quitting progress --- p.33"Additional analyses examining the differences in self-efficacy among quitters, quit attempters, and recalcitrant smokers" --- p.36Chapter Chapter 4: --- Discussion --- p.38Autonomous motivation and smoking cessation --- p.38Dilemma among health concerns and quitting behaviors --- p.39Possible priming effects in smoking cessation counseling sessions --- p.40Discrepancies in research design between the present study and previous SDT studies --- p.41Reflecting on the SDT and stages of health behavioral change --- p.42Findings related to proposed theoretical extensions --- p.43Relational autonomous motivation and RISC --- p.43Role of self-efficacy in smoking cessation: inspirations from process models of health behaviors --- p.44Recalcitrant smokers and their self-efficacy to respond to internal tempting conditions --- p.46Quit attempters and their self-efficacy to respond to external tempting conditions --- p.47Research limitations --- p.48Future directions and recommendations --- p.49References --- p.5