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. 2020 Apr-Jun;13(2):229-234.
doi: 10.25122/jml-2020-0020.

Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Educational Self-Regulation and Achievement in First Grade High School Students

Mina Rashidi  1 , Asghar Mohammadpoorasl  2 , Mohammad Hasan Sahebihagh  3
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Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Educational Self-Regulation and Achievement in First Grade High School Students

Mina Rashidi et al. J Med Life. 2020 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

Environmental tobacco smoke, containing many toxic gases, suggests inevitable contact of humans with the damaging factors of cigarettes. On average, approximately 40% of children, 35% of women and 32% of men worldwide are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. This study aims at investigating the relationship between environmental tobacco smoke in adolescents and their educational self-regulation and achievement. In this study, 770 students aged between 13 and 15 were selected and studied using the multistage sampling method. The tools used in this study consisted of four questionnaires, demographic characteristics, environmental tobacco smoke, educational self-regulation, and educational achievement. The validity and reliability of tools have been approved, and the data were analyzed using SPSS v22. The results indicated a significant inverse relationship between environmental tobacco smoke and students' educational self-regulation and achievement (p-value > 0.001). Given the relationship between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and educational self-regulation and achievement, it is essential to keep children away from tobacco smoke. Family health and education policy-makers are recommended to design and operate fundamental schemes in order to deal with environmental tobacco smoke.

Keywords: Environmental tobacco smoke; educational achievement; educational self-regulation; passive smoking.

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