Abstract

Objective: It was conducted as a descriptive study to determine the relationship between nursing students' smoking behaviors and attachment styles according to sociodemographic data. Materials and Methods: The sample of the research consists of 476 students that study at Nursing Department of Balıkesir University Health High School between the dates 12.12.2014 and 09.01.2015 and accept to participate in the study.The research data was collected using personal information form and Relationship Scale Questionnaire.Data was evaluated by percentage, Mann Whitney U test and logistic regression analysis. Results: 70.4% of the students that participate in the study are female and 29.6% of them are male.It is determined that 25.4% of the students smoke cigarette and 41.5% (118 students) of smoking students declare their social environment and friends as a reason to start smoking and 53% of the smoking students start smoking in the 21-25 age range.It is detected that smoker students' points of attachment to their parents is higher than non-smoker students (p<0.05). Gender and family relations on smoking were determined to be effective. Conclusion: It was detected that male students are likely to smoke 5 times more than female student and people who defines their family relationship are close are 0.7 times less likely to smoke than those who defines their family relationship are at arms length.

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