Smokers Are Extraverted in Japan: Smoking Habit and The Big Five Personality Traits

Shingo Abe; Atsushi Oshio; Tetsuya Kawamoto; Hiroyuki Ito; Taro Hirashima; Yuki Tsubota; Iori Tani

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Smokers Are Extraverted in Japan: Smoking Habit and The Big Five Personality Traits

Shingo Abe, Atsushi Oshio, Tetsuya Kawamoto, Hiroyuki Ito, Taro Hirashima, Yuki Tsubota, Iori Tani

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Identifying psychological factors related to smoking habits is important to enact effective personalized treatment. We examined the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and smoking using a large and representative Japanese sample (n = 4,563 [2,462 women]; M_age = 53.48 years, SD = 12.87, ranging from 23 to 79 years). The results of multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that current smokers were higher in Extraversion and lower in Conscientiousness than never smokers. Extraversion was the strongest personality trait differentiating current smokers from never smokers, especially in the younger age group. Former smokers scored significantly higher than current smokers on Conscientiousness, suggesting that Conscientiousness is associated with smoking cessation.

Original language	English
Journal	SAGE Open
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019859956
Publication status	Published - 2019 Jul 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

alcohol
and tobacco
applied psychology
drugs
experimental psychology
health psychology
personality
psychology
social sciences
sociology
sociology of health & illness

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Arts and Humanities(all)
Social Sciences(all)

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