Relationship between boredom proneness with refusal self-efficacy and tobacco and alcohol use among college students

Objective To explore the relationships among boredom proneness with refusal self-efficacy,as well as tobacco and alcohol use among college students.Methods A total of 1 530 students from Heilongjiang Province were investigated by filling out Boredom Proneness Questionnaire for College Students,Refusal Self-efficacy Scale as well as Tobacco and Alcohol Use Questionnaire.Results Prevalence of smoking among college students was 10.19% (156/1 530),and drinking was 48.04% (735/1 530),with male significantly higher than female(x2 =111.97,270.08,P<0.01).Boredom proneness positively correlated with tobacco and alcohol use.Refusal self-efficacy negatively correlated with boredom proneness and tobacco and alcohol use.Refusal selfefficacy mediated the association between boredom proneness and tobacco and alcohol use behaviors(x2/df=3.87,CFI=0.89,TLI=0.90,RMSEA=0.05,SRMR=0.06,AIC=27 431.63,BIC=27 812.48).Conclusion Boredom proneness has both direct and indirect effects on tobacco and alcohol use behaviors through refusal self-efficacy.