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Smoking Status and the Five-Factor Model of Personality: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in Poland

Tobacco smoking is the single most important modifiable factor in increased morbidity and premature mortality. Numerous factors—including genetics, personality, and environment—affect the development and persistence of tobacco addiction, and knowledge regarding these factors could improve smoking ce...

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Autores principales: Buczkowski, Krzysztof, Basinska, Małgorzata A., Ratajska, Anna, Lewandowska, Katarzyna, Luszkiewicz, Dorota, Sieminska, Alicja
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5334680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28134805
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14020126
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author Buczkowski, Krzysztof
Basinska, Małgorzata A.
Ratajska, Anna
Lewandowska, Katarzyna
Luszkiewicz, Dorota
Sieminska, Alicja
author_facet Buczkowski, Krzysztof
Basinska, Małgorzata A.
Ratajska, Anna
Lewandowska, Katarzyna
Luszkiewicz, Dorota
Sieminska, Alicja
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description Tobacco smoking is the single most important modifiable factor in increased morbidity and premature mortality. Numerous factors—including genetics, personality, and environment—affect the development and persistence of tobacco addiction, and knowledge regarding these factors could improve smoking cessation rates. This study compared personality traits between never, former, and current smokers, using the Five-Factor Model of Personality in a country with a turbulent smoking reduction process.: In this cross-sectional study, 909 Polish adults completed the Revised Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory. Our results showed that current smokers’ scores for extraversion, one of the five global dimensions of personality, were higher relative to never smokers. Neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness did not differ significantly according to smoking status. Facet analysis, which described each dimension in detail, showed that current smokers’ activity and excitement seeking (facets of extraversion) scores were higher relative to those of never and former smokers. In turn, current smokers’ dutifulness and deliberation (facets of conscientiousness) scores were lower than those found in former and never smokers. Never smokers scored the highest in self-consciousness (a facet of neuroticism) and compliance (a component of agreeableness). The study conducted among Polish individuals showed variation in personality traits according to their smoking status; however, this variation differed from that reported in countries in which efforts to reduce smoking had begun earlier relative to Poland. Knowledge regarding personality traits could be useful in designing smoking prevention and cessation programs tailored to individuals’ needs.
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spelling pubmed-53346802017-03-16 Smoking Status and the Five-Factor Model of Personality: Results of a Cross-Sectional Study Conducted in Poland Buczkowski, Krzysztof Basinska, Małgorzata A. Ratajska, Anna Lewandowska, Katarzyna Luszkiewicz, Dorota Sieminska, Alicja Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Tobacco smoking is the single most important modifiable factor in increased morbidity and premature mortality. Numerous factors—including genetics, personality, and environment—affect the development and persistence of tobacco addiction, and knowledge regarding these factors could improve smoking cessation rates. This study compared personality traits between never, former, and current smokers, using the Five-Factor Model of Personality in a country with a turbulent smoking reduction process.: In this cross-sectional study, 909 Polish adults completed the Revised Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Personality Inventory. Our results showed that current smokers’ scores for extraversion, one of the five global dimensions of personality, were higher relative to never smokers. Neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness did not differ significantly according to smoking status. Facet analysis, which described each dimension in detail, showed that current smokers’ activity and excitement seeking (facets of extraversion) scores were higher relative to those of never and former smokers. In turn, current smokers’ dutifulness and deliberation (facets of conscientiousness) scores were lower than those found in former and never smokers. Never smokers scored the highest in self-consciousness (a facet of neuroticism) and compliance (a component of agreeableness). The study conducted among Polish individuals showed variation in personality traits according to their smoking status; however, this variation differed from that reported in countries in which efforts to reduce smoking had begun earlier relative to Poland. Knowledge regarding personality traits could be useful in designing smoking prevention and cessation programs tailored to individuals’ needs. MDPI 2017-01-27 2017-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5334680/ /pubmed/28134805 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14020126 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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