HUBUNGAN ANTARA PERSEPSI TINGKAT KEPERCAYAAN DIRI DENGAN PERILAKU MEROKOK PADA MAHASISWA DI FAKULTAS KEDOKTERAN UNIVERSITAS ABULYATAMA ACEH BESAR

Abstract

Smoking behavior in Indonesia is still high, data from World Health Organization (WHO) said Indonesia is the third highest country in cigarette consumption with 65 million smokers. One of the factors that influence smoking behavior is confidence. Low self-confidence tends to make teenagers easy to get carried away towards negative behaviors such as smoking behavior. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the level of self-confidence perception with smoking behavior in students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Abulyatama Aceh Besar. The method used in this research is quantitative analytic with cross-sectional study design (cross section). Sampling technique in this research use incidental sampling method to students of Faculty of Medicine, University of Abulyatama Aceh Besar force 2014-2016 which got 60 respondents. The research instrument used is self-confidence questionnaire and smoking behavior. Data analysis in this research use Chi Square Hypothesis Test with value α (0,05). The results of this study indicate that the majority of respondents have a moderate confidence level of 63.3% and have a high smoking behavior of 55.0%. The conclusion of this research is the statistic test result demonstrates that there is a significant relationship between the level of self-confidence with smoking behavior in the students at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Abulyatama Aceh Besar with the ρ-value = 0.002 where the value is <α = 0.05.