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Smoking and the Eysenck personality dimensions:an interactive model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Katharine R. Parkes
Katharine R. Parkes*
Affiliation:
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford
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1 Address for correspondence: Dr K. R. Parkes, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD.
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Synopsis

Evidence relating smoking and neuroticism is inconsistent; some studies report no significant relationship, while others report a positive association. The present study examined smoking in relation to neuroticism (N), extraversion (E) and psychoticism (P), in the light of predictions that interactions between N and E, and between N and P, could underly these inconsistent findings. The subjects were female student nurses (N = 270), of whom 34·1% were smokers. Discriminant analyses revealed that E differentiated most strongly between smokers and non-smokers. N and P did not add to the predictive power of the discriminant function, but the N × P and N × E interactions did make significant contributions. Among extraverts, and among subjects low in psychoticism, N was not related to smoking; but among introverts, and among subjects high in psychoticism, the relationship was significant and positive.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , November 1984 , pp. 825 - 834
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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