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ACCULTURATION STYLES, GENDER DIFFERENCES, AND MEANINGS OF
SMOKING IN ASIAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
by
Fan-Ni Hsia
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2006
Copyright 2006 Fan-Ni Hsia
Object Description
| Title | Acculturation styles, gender differences, and meanings of smoking in Asian-American college students |
| Author | Hsia, Fan-Ni |
| Author email | hsia.fanni@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Learning & Instruction |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2006-08-07 |
| Date submitted | 2006 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2006-11-30 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hitchcock, Maurice |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Sundt, Melora Spruijt-Metz, Donna |
| Abstract | This dissertation was grounded on The Theory of Meanings of Behavior to investigate the meanings of smoking among the under-representated Asian American college students. The meanings that were frequently attached to cigarette use by students and the association between those meanings and smoking behaviors were examined. This dissertation also proposed a theoretical three-factor model for the meanings of smoking and evaluated whether and how the proposed model matched the data.; This study was a two-year design. In the first year, qualitative individual interviews were undertaken to obtain an in-depth understanding of college smoking. Fifty Asian American students (25 males and 25 females) participated in the interviews. Results of the interviews served the subsequent development of a smoking survey. In the second year, a survey was developed and administered to two post secondary institutions in southern California. A total of 460 Asian students completed the survey.; To determine the salient meanings of smoking, and the associations between those meanings and smoking behaviors, the percentage of the sample who endorsed each meaning and the odds ratio of each meaning to students' actual smoking behaviors were calculated. Horizontal and vertical comparisons were made to compare similarities and differences across genders and acculturation patterns. Confirmative Factor Analyses and invariance testing were conducted to evaluate the factor structure of the meanings of smoking across genders.; Results of this study showed that personal and social meanings were mostly endorsed by students and strongly associated with smoking behaviors. Important differences of acculturation and gender on the meanings of smoking were revealed. These results suggest that the meanings are powerful determinants of college smoking in Asian populations, and a culturally appropriate smoking education curriculum tailored to different genders are necessary. |
| Keyword | smoking; Asian Americans; acculturation; college students |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m203 |
| Rights | Hsia, Fan-Ni |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Hsia-20061130 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Hsia-20061130.pdf |
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| Full text | ACCULTURATION STYLES, GENDER DIFFERENCES, AND MEANINGS OF SMOKING IN ASIAN-AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS by Fan-Ni Hsia A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2006 Copyright 2006 Fan-Ni Hsia |
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