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. 2021 Dec 23;15:2847–2854. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S343874

Table 2.

Differences in Motivational Factors According to Smoking Status (N=152)

Variable Never Smokinga (n=82) Quit Smokingb (n=47) Current Smokingc (n=23) F (p) Post-Hoc Test
Self-efficacy 4.58±0.91 4.75±0.80 4.04±0.83 5.23 (0.006) a,b>c
Perceived benefit 5.77±0.69 5.99±0.59 5.34±0.85 4.92 (0.009) b>c
Perceived barrier 3.54±0.87 3.59±0.95 4.08±0.98 3.28 (0.004) a,b<c
Emotional salience 3.70±0.48 3.50±0.56 3.58±0.46 1.16 (0.318)
Autonomous motivation 5.33±1.29 5.82±1.17 4.77±1.06 8.77 (<0.001) b>a,c
Controlled motivation 4.00±1.59 3.50±0.56 3.58±0.46 0.14 (0.874)

Notes: Data are Mean±SD values; Ranked ANCOVA.