Smoking and the Eysenck personality dimensions: an interactive model.

Journal article

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 x P and N x 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.

Authors: Parkes, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Psychological medicine
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 825-834
• Publication date: 1984-11-01
• EISSN: 1469-8978
• ISSN: 0033-2917
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adult; Adolescent; Female; Extraversion (Psychology); Psychotic Disorders; Humans; Smoking; Neurotic Disorders; Personality Inventory; Psychometrics