Personality Dimensions and Nicotine Dependence and Withdrawal Symptoms: the Mediating Role of Self-Directness

• Authors: Sybilla Schiep , Katarzyna Cieślik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We analyzed the relationship between personality traits and smoking status and nicotine withdrawal symptoms using two comprehensive models of personality: the Five-Factor Model and the Cloninger`s Temperament and Character Inventory. In total 295 people were examined, 149 smokers and 146 who have never smoked. To measure the severity of the nicotine dependence we used the Fagerstroem Tolerance Questionnaire and the DSM-IV criteria of nicotine dependence and to measure the nicotine withdrawal symptoms the Nicotine Dependence History. The results showed significant differences between the groups in particular dimensions: Neuroticism, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. The analyse of the TCI demonstrate, that smokers are higher in Novelty Seeking and lower in Reward Dependence than never smokers and show less Self-Directness and Cooperativeness. The mediation analyses showed that Self-Directness is the significant mediator between Extra-Introversion and nicotine withdrawal symptoms measured by NDHIS and between Neuroticism and DSMIV criteria of nicotine dependence.

Keywords

EN

personality dimensions; Extra- Introversion; nicotine dependence; withdrawal symptoms; NEO-FFI; TCI

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 169-177

Contributors

author

Sybilla Schiep

• Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Wroclaw, Ostrowskiego Street 30, 53238 Wroclaw, Poland

author

Katarzyna Cieślik

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10059-011-0022-x