Predictors of Student Non-compliance and Self-enforcement Efforts of a Total Tobacco Ban on a College Campus

dc.contributor.advisorTate, Jamesen_US
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Brianna Jordanen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberUjcich Ward, Kimberlyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-19T19:05:53Z
dc.date.available2014-12-19T19:05:53Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-05en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the predictors of non-compliance, frequency of non-compliance, and enforcement efforts among college students within the context of a 100% tobacco-free campus policy. A total of 450 undergraduate college students (74% female) completed a researcher developed questionnaire about personal smoking behavior, compliance, enforcement efforts, and attitude towards the ban. Of the total sample, 19% of participants were smokers, and 49% of those smokers reported being non-compliant with the tobacco ban. Eighty-eight percent of the sample reported witnessing someone smoking on campus during the past 30 days, 26% of whom reported witnessing daily policy non-compliance on campus. The majority of students (90%) reported never making an attempt to enforce the policy and most students (58%) had a positive attitude towards the ban. Of the predictors examined through regression analyses (i.e., demographics, smoking-related variables, and policy-related variables) none were significant in predicting non-compliance, frequency of non-compliance, or enforcement effort.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/4347
dc.publisherMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.subjectCampus policyen_US
dc.subjectCollegeen_US
dc.subjectComplianceen_US
dc.subjectEnforcementen_US
dc.subjectSmokingen_US
dc.subjectTobacco banen_US
dc.subject.umiClinical psychologyen_US
dc.thesis.degreegrantorMiddle Tennessee State Universityen_US
dc.thesis.degreelevelMastersen_US
dc.titlePredictors of Student Non-compliance and Self-enforcement Efforts of a Total Tobacco Ban on a College Campusen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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