Mediating effect of smoking abstinence self-efficacy on association between health literacy and nicotine dependence of smokers in Qingdao, China
SASEH partially mediates the relationship between health literacy and nicotine dependence. Increasing health literacy not only directly reduces nicotine dependence but also improves SASE, which in turn further reduces dependence.
Authors
- Shanpeng Li
- Haiyan Xu
- Gongli Liu
- Aimiao Tian
- Jie Yang
- Fei Qi
- Shasha Fang
- Kunzheng Lv
- Yani Wang
- Yaoqi Zhang
Institutions
- Qingdao University (CN)
- Community Health Center (US)
- Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341893
- Primary Topic
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00