Personality and cigarette smoking in Italy, Poland, and the United States

This study reports data on over 700 young adults, undergraduate and medical students attending the University of Vermont, the University of Rome, and the Warsaw Medical Academy. Each subject provided information about cigarette smoking history and completed several personality, Type A, and life even...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inInternational journal of the addictions Vol. 28; no. 5; p. 399
Main Authors Forgays, D G, Bonaiuto, P, Wrzesniewski, K, Forgays, D K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1993
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude to Health
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Female
Humans
Individuality
Italy
Life Change Events
Male
Middle Aged
Personality
Personality Inventory
Poland
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking - psychology
Smoking Prevention
Type A Personality
United States
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:This study reports data on over 700 young adults, undergraduate and medical students attending the University of Vermont, the University of Rome, and the Warsaw Medical Academy. Each subject provided information about cigarette smoking history and completed several personality, Type A, and life events inventories. Subjects were classified as nonsmoker, ex-smoker, and smoker. Each measure was analyzed by ANOVA on this basis, with gender and country as additional main effects. Smokers were found to have higher state anxiety, a lower lie score, and were more Type A than ex-smokers and nonsmokers, but they tended to report fewer life events and of lower value.
ISSN:0020-773X
DOI:10.3109/10826089309039638