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Studia Psychologica Vol.51, No.2, p.183-192, 2009

Title: PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS, SENSE OF COHERENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM AS RISK/PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR SMOKING AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
Author: Beata GAJDOSOVA, Olga OROSOVA, Andrea MADARASOVA GECKOVA, Peter TAVEL, Jitse P. van DIJK

Abstract:

The effect of personality (extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism), self-esteem and sense of coherence on smoking among university students (n = 830, mean age 20.5 years, data collected in 2004, Slovakia) was explored using logistic regression separately among males and females. Higher extraversion plus, among females, higher negative self-esteem and lower meaningfulness, increase the probability of being a smoker. It is important to take into account the different function of personality in health promotion. In this case extraversion and negative self-esteem seem to be the risk factors, while meaningfulness seems to be a protective factor with regard to smoking.



Keywords: smoking, extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, self-esteem, sense of coherence
Year: 2009, Volume: 51, Issue: 2 Page From: 183, Page To: 192

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