Dynamics of Culture and Health: Perceived Behavioral Control and Differences in Smoking Behavior between Arab and Jewish Cardiac Patients in Israel

Vilchinsky Noa¹, Soskolne Varda^2*, Taha-Fahoum Amal³ and Shehadeh Jeries⁴

¹Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

²School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

³Sakhnin College for Teachers' Education, Sakhnin, 20173, Israel

⁴Department of Cardiology, Zevoulon, Haifa, 27053 and Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, 27053, Israel