Abstract
Smoking behavior is influenced by several factors, one of which affects smoking behavior in adolescents is the social environment. The results of a preliminary study stated that many adolescents in Taccorong Village smoked because they were influenced by the number of smokers in the environment around the teenagers. This study aims to determine the relationship of the social environment with smoking behavior in adolescents in Taccorong Village, Gantarang District, Bulukumba Regency in 2017. This study is an analytic study with cross-sectional approach. Sampling is done by total sampling technique. The research sample taken amounted to 52 teenage male smokers in Taccorong Village, Gantarang District, Bulukumba Regency. Measuring instruments used were questionnaires and observations. Analysis of the data used by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z test with a value of ρ = 0,000 <α = 0.05 or p <0.001. Shows there is a relationship between the social environment with smoking behavior among adolescents in Taccorong Village, Gantarang District, Bulukumba District.
Highlights
In its development, adolescents are very vulnerable to environmental influences
Population is an object or subject that is in an area that meets certain conditions with research problems (Syamsuddin et al, 2015) The population in this study were male teenagers in Taccorong Village, Gantarang District, Bulukumba Regency
The research instrument was a questionnaire sheet in a structured statement to identify the relationship between the social environment and smoking behavior among adolescents in Taccorong Village, Gantarang District, Bulukumba Regency, which will be tested for validity and reliability, and research instruments used to identify smoking behavior, namely by using sheets. observation
Summary
Non-positive socio-cultural environment is a risk factor for adolescents to get caught up in unhealthy behaviors, for example: smoking, drinking alcohol, using drugs, fighting, and criminal acts. All adolescent behaviors that are considered to save this are very risky to their health and safety (Tarwoto et al, 2010). Smoking is a habit that is harmful to health, but there are still many people who do it even most people or the public started smoking when he was a teenager. Smoking habit was allegedly influenced by the incessant cigarette advertisements in the media, especially television, and influenced by the smallest environment, that is the family, almost 75% of households in Indonesia have a cigarette expenditure budget, which means there is at least 1 smoker in the household (Cahyo, 2012).
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