Why It Is Difficult for Military Personnel to Quit Smoking: From the Perspective of Compensatory Health Beliefs

Compensatory health beliefs are barriers to healthy behavior. In an effort to understand how the prevalence of these beliefs can be reduced in individuals, 376 valid questionnaires were collected from combat troops in Taiwan. The collected data were analyzed using partial least squares structural eq...

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Autores principales:	Chor-Sum Au-Yeung, Ren-Fang Chao, Li-Yun Hsu
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	compensatory health beliefs smoking cessation attitude smoking cessation motivation military Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f4309ace44d4448fab80c126c04fbf8c2021-11-25T17:52:33ZWhy It Is Difficult for Military Personnel to Quit Smoking: From the Perspective of Compensatory Health Beliefs10.3390/ijerph1822122611660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/f4309ace44d4448fab80c126c04fbf8c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12261https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Compensatory health beliefs are barriers to healthy behavior. In an effort to understand how the prevalence of these beliefs can be reduced in individuals, 376 valid questionnaires were collected from combat troops in Taiwan. The collected data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. It was found that positive attitudes towards smoking cessation had significant negative effects on compensatory health beliefs, while negative attitudes towards smoking cessation significantly enhanced the level of compensatory health beliefs. The motivation for smoking cessation was also found to reinforce the negative effect of positive attitudes towards compensatory health beliefs, while it did not have any significant effect on the relationship between negative attitudes and compensatory health beliefs. Three subconstructs of compensatory health beliefs (exercise, eating habits, and amount of smoking) were found to have simultaneous effects for military personnel. Finally, this study explored the causes of the above-mentioned phenomena, and measures that could reduce the prevalence of compensatory health beliefs were suggested.Chor-Sum Au-YeungRen-Fang ChaoLi-Yun HsuMDPI AGarticlecompensatory health beliefssmoking cessation attitudesmoking cessation motivationmilitaryMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12261, p 12261 (2021)
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spellingShingle	compensatory health beliefs smoking cessation attitude smoking cessation motivation military Medicine R Chor-Sum Au-Yeung Ren-Fang Chao Li-Yun Hsu Why It Is Difficult for Military Personnel to Quit Smoking: From the Perspective of Compensatory Health Beliefs
description	Compensatory health beliefs are barriers to healthy behavior. In an effort to understand how the prevalence of these beliefs can be reduced in individuals, 376 valid questionnaires were collected from combat troops in Taiwan. The collected data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. It was found that positive attitudes towards smoking cessation had significant negative effects on compensatory health beliefs, while negative attitudes towards smoking cessation significantly enhanced the level of compensatory health beliefs. The motivation for smoking cessation was also found to reinforce the negative effect of positive attitudes towards compensatory health beliefs, while it did not have any significant effect on the relationship between negative attitudes and compensatory health beliefs. Three subconstructs of compensatory health beliefs (exercise, eating habits, and amount of smoking) were found to have simultaneous effects for military personnel. Finally, this study explored the causes of the above-mentioned phenomena, and measures that could reduce the prevalence of compensatory health beliefs were suggested.
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author	Chor-Sum Au-Yeung Ren-Fang Chao Li-Yun Hsu
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title	Why It Is Difficult for Military Personnel to Quit Smoking: From the Perspective of Compensatory Health Beliefs
title_short	Why It Is Difficult for Military Personnel to Quit Smoking: From the Perspective of Compensatory Health Beliefs
title_full	Why It Is Difficult for Military Personnel to Quit Smoking: From the Perspective of Compensatory Health Beliefs
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title_full_unstemmed	Why It Is Difficult for Military Personnel to Quit Smoking: From the Perspective of Compensatory Health Beliefs
title_sort	why it is difficult for military personnel to quit smoking: from the perspective of compensatory health beliefs
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Why It Is Difficult for Military Personnel to Quit Smoking: From the Perspective of Compensatory Health Beliefs

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