Personality dimensions and cigarette smoking behavior in polish and U.S. adolescents |
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| Authors: | Donald G. Forgays Deborah K. Forgays Kazimierz Wrzesniewski Paolo Bonaiuto |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of Vermont , Burlington, Vermont;2. Department of Clinical Psychology , Warsaw Medical Academy , Warsaw, Poland;3. Department of Psychology , University of Rome , Rome, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Abstract To contribute to the design of adequate intervention and prevention programs, data on smoking behavior were collected from over 300 male and female 15 year olds from Poland and the United States, approximately half from each country. Several personality measures were obtained from each subject. Fifty of these students were already smoking and over 100 more had tried cigarettes. Results indicate that for both countries, smokers had a characteristic personality profile which included being anxious, angry, and impulsive/antisocial. In short they appear to be emotionally distressed and females were more extreme than males in this regard. Possible intervention and prevention strategies and future needed research are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Smoking adolescents personality cross-cultural. |
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