Smokers Are Extraverted in Japan: Smoking Habit and The Big Five Personality Traits

• Published in: SAGE open Vol. 9; no. 3
• Main Authors: Abe, Shingo, Oshio, Atsushi, Kawamoto, Tetsuya, Ito, Hiroyuki, Hirashima, Taro, Tsubota, Yuki, Tani, Iori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2019; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: alcohol; personality; psychology; drugs; social sciences; applied psychology; sociology; sociology of health & illness; and tobacco; experimental psychology; health psychology

Identifying psychological factors related to smoking habits is important to enact effective personalized treatment. We examined the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and smoking using a large and representative Japanese sample (n = 4,563 [2,462 women]; Mage = 53.48 years, SD = 12....