Smoking Behavioral Dependence during the COVID-19 Pandemic Among University Student
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Title
Smoking Behavioral Dependence during the COVID-19 Pandemic Among University Student
Subject
Behavioral Smoking Dependence, COVID-19 Pandemic, Students
Description
Smoking, an addictive behaviour, is a health problem that is still found during the COVID-19
pandemic. There are several possibilities that have impacts on smoking behaviour during the COVID-19
pandemic. The aim of this study is to understand the description of smoking addiction during the COVID-19
pandemic towards students at the University. A descriptive quantitative research design was used. This study
involved one variable which is smoking behavioral dependence during the COVID-19 pandemic in students at
the University. The populations in this study are students who are active smokers (conventional, electric, or
shisha) at one of the universities in Indonesia. The sampling technique uses accidental sampling, and it is
obtained a sample of 378 students. The instrument in this study uses the GN-SBQ (Glover Nilsson-Smoking
Behavioural Questionnaire). The results of the research data are analyzed using descriptive analysis in the
percentage frequency distribution. Based on the results of the study, it is found that during the COVID-19
pandemic, most of the respondents experienced smoking dependency behavioral moderate (66.4%), strong
(20.9%), and mild (12.7%). The use of cigarettes during the COVID-19 pandemic mostly uses conventional
rather than electric and shisha. Based on the characteristics of the respondents, smoking behavioral dependency
is dominated by male students, aged 21 years, grade 2017, and had pocket money in the middle economic
category. Therefore, this study recommends health services to provide counselling and mentoring services for
students, which one of them is the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach to reduce the level of smoking
behavior.
pandemic. There are several possibilities that have impacts on smoking behaviour during the COVID-19
pandemic. The aim of this study is to understand the description of smoking addiction during the COVID-19
pandemic towards students at the University. A descriptive quantitative research design was used. This study
involved one variable which is smoking behavioral dependence during the COVID-19 pandemic in students at
the University. The populations in this study are students who are active smokers (conventional, electric, or
shisha) at one of the universities in Indonesia. The sampling technique uses accidental sampling, and it is
obtained a sample of 378 students. The instrument in this study uses the GN-SBQ (Glover Nilsson-Smoking
Behavioural Questionnaire). The results of the research data are analyzed using descriptive analysis in the
percentage frequency distribution. Based on the results of the study, it is found that during the COVID-19
pandemic, most of the respondents experienced smoking dependency behavioral moderate (66.4%), strong
(20.9%), and mild (12.7%). The use of cigarettes during the COVID-19 pandemic mostly uses conventional
rather than electric and shisha. Based on the characteristics of the respondents, smoking behavioral dependency
is dominated by male students, aged 21 years, grade 2017, and had pocket money in the middle economic
category. Therefore, this study recommends health services to provide counselling and mentoring services for
students, which one of them is the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach to reduce the level of smoking
behavior.
Creator
Vania Dwi Ramadhani, Laili Rahayuwati, Mamat Lukman
Source
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1X7Jr5lhW-8oJymmxflCuPOaoZXtW7YOR
Publisher
Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
Date
2023
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Rights
p-ISSN: 1979-2697
e-ISSN: 2721-1797
e-ISSN: 2721-1797
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Files
Collection
Citation
Vania Dwi Ramadhani, Laili Rahayuwati, Mamat Lukman, “Smoking Behavioral Dependence during the COVID-19 Pandemic Among University Student,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 11, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10700.