The self-efficacy of school principals and their influence on smoking prevention at school

Archivos de bronconeumología
M Hernández-MezquitaM González

Abstract

Self-efficacy is a psychological variable that has scarcely been taken into account in approaches to smoking prevention among young people. The self-efficacy of school principals may play a role in schools that truly comply with their mission of preventing or limiting the influence of smoking among students. To know the degree to which self-efficacy of school principals influences behavior toward smoking in their schools, assessed as attitude of students toward smoking, the degree of compliance with official anti-smoking laws and the content of anti-smoking campaigns undertaken. A questionnaire was designed and sent to 3050 school principals to assess their level of self-efficacy in reducing the percentage of smoking students, the behavior of students and teachers with regard to smoking, the degree of compliance at school with anti-smoking laws and the content of anti-smoking campaigns undertaken. The data were codified and analyzed using appropriate statistical tests for each type of variable. Mean self-efficacy scores of the school principals for reducing the prevalence of smoking in their centers was 38.7 (SD 30.86) points on a scale of 100. The score was 40.18 (SD 30.8) where anti-smoking campaigns were undertaken and 34.31...Continue Reading

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