TY  - JOUR
T1  - To Examine the Relationships Between Emotional Intelligence, Locus of Control and Smoking in Adolescents<p>
AU - Abdollahia, Abbas AU - Talib, Mansor Abu 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
SP  - 157
EP  - 162
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2014.157.162
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2014.157.162
KW  - attitudes towards cigarette smoking
KW  -locus of control
KW  -Emotional intelligence
KW  -adolescents
KW  -smoking scale
AB  - Smoking is the biggest threat to public health and it remains 
  a serious cause of death in the world. Remarkably, the age of the onset of cigarette 
  smoking is decreasing. Therefore, it is essential to increase the knowledge 
  concerning the attitudes among adolescents towards cigarette smoking. The present 
  study, sought to examine the associations among emotional intelligence and locus 
  of control with attitudes towards cigarette smoking in adolescents. The participants, 
  comprising 550 high school students (aged between 16-19 years old, M = 17.1, 
  SD = 0.93) from Tehran completed the assessing emotions scale, locus of control 
  of behavior and attitudes towards smoking scale. The Structural Equation Modelling 
  (SEM) estimated that adolescents with a high ability foremotional intelligence 
  and internal locus of control were more likely to report negative attitudes 
  towards cigarette smoking. This study showed that greater emotional intelligence 
  and internal locus of control for adolescents were protective factors against 
  smoking. Therefore, these findings reinforce the importance of emotional intelligence 
  training and locus of control training in preventing cigarette smoking in adolescents.
ER  -