Smoking prevalence, attitudes towards tobacco and levels of stress among Spanish nursing students : 9783656702917 : 25 Jul 2014 : Bachelor Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Psychology - Social Psychology, grade: 68 %, Nottingham Trent University, language: English, abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the student nurses' attitudes, beliefs and personal behaviour in relation to tobacco issues and the nursing profession, and their levels of stress. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was used. Year of study (first, second, and final year) and smoking status (smokers and non-smokers) were independent variables, while responses regarding tobacco behaviour, perceived stress as measured by the GHQ-12 (Goldberg, 1978) and by the PSQ (Levenstein et al, 1991), and different attitudes and beliefs questions were dependent variables. One hundred and sixty-one Spanish undergraduate nursing students (aged 18-42 years) were administered and returned the questionnaires. High pr