(Peer Review) Gender, Attitude, and Behavior of Drinking and Smoking in Teenagers

The risky behaviours in a teenager were proven to be able to affect health. However, there was not much
evidence when it was correlated with the gender. This study aimed to identify the correlation of gender and
attitudes towards the behaviours of drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking. The research design used was
observational analytic with cross sectional approach. The dependent variables were the behaviours of drinking
alcoholic beverages and smoking, and the independent variables were gender and attitudes. The population
was 7470 students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Jember. The sampling was done by using simple random
sampling and 365 samples were obtained. Data collection used was questionnaires and data analysis used was
path analysis. The results show that there was a significant correlation between attitude and behaviour of
smoking, b0705078006etween the behaviours of drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking, between gender and the
behaviour of smoking, between the behaviours of drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking, between the
gender and behaviour of smoking, and between attitude and behaviour in drinking alcoholic beverages.
Therefore, the good attitudes to drinking alcoholic beverages and smoking has a potential to reduce smoking
behaviour, especially in teenagers.