scholarly journals Longitudinal Associations of Substance Use Risk Profiles with the Use of Alternative Tobacco Products and Conventional Smoking among Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 13248
Author(s):  
Marieke Hiemstra ◽  
Andrea Rozema ◽  
Maria Jansen ◽  
Hans van Oers ◽  
Jolanda Mathijssen
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Water Pipes ◽  
Alternative Tobacco Products ◽  
Shared Risk

Although personality is associated with the onset of substance use (i.e., conventional smoking, alcohol use, and cannabis use) during adolescence, it is unclear whether personality traits are also associated with the onset of use of alternative tobacco products (ATPs), i.e., electronic cigarettes, shisha-pens, and water pipes. This study examines whether personality traits are associated with the onset of use of both conventional cigarettes and ATPs. Longitudinal data (baseline and 18-month follow-up) were used. The sample consisted of 1114 non-user adolescents (mean age = 13.36, SD = 0.93, 56% female) at baseline. To measure personality traits, the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale was used with four subscales: anxiety sensitivity, hopelessness, sensation seeking, and impulsivity. Structural equation models were conducted using Mplus 7.3. Results showed that both hopelessness and sensation seeking were associated with the onset of use of e-cigarettes and conventional cigarettes. Further, sensation seeking and impulsivity were associated with the onset of use of shisha-pens and water pipes. In conclusion, to prevent adolescents from using ATPs and/or conventional cigarettes, it is important to take their personality traits into account. More research on other (shared) risk factors and on more advanced stages of ATP use is needed before effective prevention strategies can be developed.

scholarly journals Do Emotions Spark Interest in Alternative Tobacco Products?

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 598-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Popova ◽  
Jiyeon So ◽  
Angeline Sangalang ◽  
Torsten B. Neilands ◽  
Pamela M. Ling
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Current Smoker ◽  
Warning Labels ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Free Sample ◽  
Moist Snuff ◽  
Background Exposure ◽  
Alternative Tobacco Products ◽  
A Current

Background. Exposure to advertisements for tobacco products and tobacco warning labels evokes emotions. This study evaluated the association of discrete positive and negative emotions with interest in alternative tobacco products. Method. In 2013, 1,226 U.S. adult nonsmokers and current smokers viewed advertisements for moist snuff, snus, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) with various warning labels and then indicated their emotional responses in terms of anger, anxiety, sadness, guilt, disgust, discouragement, hope, and contentment. Outcomes were openness to using moist snuff, snus, and e-cigarettes in the future and interest in a free sample of each product. Data were analyzed in 2016. Results. Hope was positively associated with openness and interest across all alternative tobacco products as was contentment for moist snuff and snus. Anger was negatively associated with openness to moist snuff and e-cigarettes, disgust negatively to moist snuff and snus, and anxiety negatively to e-cigarettes. Being a current smoker, ever trying a corresponding product, being male, and younger age were associated with greater openness to and interest in moist snuff and snus. For e-cigarettes, being a current smoker, ever trying e-cigarettes, and being female were associated with greater openness, and being a current smoker was associated with greater odds of selecting a free sample. Conclusions. Positive emotions, particularly hope, were consistently positively associated with interest in alternative tobacco products. Hope is widely used by tobacco and e-cigarette companies to advertise their products. Antitobacco messages should aim to lower hope associated with tobacco products but increase hope for cessation or life without tobacco.

Impulsivity and Sensation-Seeking Personality Traits as Predictors of Substance Use Among University Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayman M. Hamdan-Mansour ◽  
Khadejah F. Mahmoud ◽  
Ahmad N. Al Shibi ◽  
Diana H. Arabiat
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Sensation Seeking

scholarly journals Use of electronic cigarettes and alternative tobacco products among Romanian adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentin Nădăşan ◽  
Kristie L. Foley ◽  
Melinda Pénzes ◽  
Edit Paulik ◽  
Ştefan Mihăicuţă ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Alternative Tobacco Products

scholarly journals Fighting Fire With Fire

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 302-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla J. Berg ◽  
Regine Haardörfer ◽  
Betelihem Getachew ◽  
Teresa Johnston ◽  
Bruce Foster ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
Market Segments ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Key Variables ◽  
Alternative Tobacco Products

Limited public health research has used psychographic profiling to segment young adults and examine their substance use behaviors. We aimed to conduct market research to identify young adult market segments at risk for alternative tobacco products (ATPs), alcohol, and marijuana use. Substance use; psychographics per the Values, Attitudes, and Lifestyle Scale (VALS); and other key variables were assessed at baseline in a longitudinal study of 3,418 students aged 18–25 from seven colleges/universities in the state of Georgia. Cluster analysis was conducted on VALS factors to identify distinct segments. Regression examined segments in relation to substance use risk. Past 30-day use prevalence for each substance was as follows: cigarettes, 13.3%; little cigars/cigarillos (LCCs), 11.2%; smokeless tobacco (SLT), 3.6%; e-cigarettes, 10.9%; hookah, 12.2%; alcohol, 63.1%; and marijuana, 19.0%. Five segments were identified, created, and named: Conventionals, Simple Lifes, Open Minds, Confident Novelty-seekers, and Stoic Individualists. Controlling for sociodemographics, Open Minds, Confident Novelty-seekers, and Stoic Individualists (vs. Conventionals [referent]) were more likely to smoke cigarettes. Confident Novelty-seekers were more likely to use LCCs. Simple Lifes were less likely to use SLT. Open Minds and Confident Novelty-seekers were more likely to use e-cigarettes. Open Minds were more likely and Simple Lifes were less likely to use hookah. Open Minds were more likely to use alcohol; Simple Lifes and Stoic Individualists were less likely to use alcohol. Open Minds were more likely to use marijuana. Market research is an effective strategy for identifying young adults at risk for using distinct ATPs and can inform targeted health campaigns and cessation interventions.

Personality disorders: Which personality features lead to a comorbid substance use disorder?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S306-S306
Author(s):  
A. Lombardi ◽  
A. Rossi ◽  
C. Gramaglia ◽  
L. Girardi ◽  
P. Zeppegno
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Outpatient Service ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Addictive Behaviors ◽  
Personality Profile

IntroductionDual Diagnosis (DD) refers to coexistence of a psychiatric disorder, which is often a Personality Disorder (PD), and a Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Despite DD is a topic of interest in recent years, few studies have focused on the temperament and character traits of PD patients with or without a comorbid SUD. Anyhow, the assessment of personality traits may be helpful to understand the relation among psychiatric disorder, drug use and environment in patients with addictive behaviors.AimsThe aim of this study is to compare two subgroups of PD patients, with and without a comorbid SUD. Sociodemographic, clinical and personality profile, as assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory, will be compared.MethodsWe are recruiting patients with a PD diagnosis referring either the psychiatry ward or outpatient service of the AOU “Maggiore della Carità”, Novara, Italy; secondly, we will group them according to the presence/absence of SUD. Cloninger's TCI-R will be administered together with a structured interview to gather sociodemographic and clinical information.ResultsData collection is ongoing; we expect to find a different personality profile in PD and DD Patients.ConclusionsTemperament, which is the biological part of the personality, seems to have an important role in addictive behavior; therefore assessing the personality traits of DD patients can help to improve the differential diagnosis and to establish strategies for treatment and prevention. In particular, sensation seeking and impulsivity are temperamental characteristics that may favor SUD in patients with psychiatric disorders.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals E-Cigarette Use Among University Students in Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Babjakova ◽  
Michael Weitzman ◽  
Diana Vondrova ◽  
Alexandra Filova ◽  
Branislav Kollar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Medical Study ◽  
Disease Causation ◽  
Personal Use ◽  
On Line ◽  
Alternative Tobacco Products

Young adults are more likely to have experimented with electronic cigarettes (EC) and underestimate their risks. The on-line survey adapted from American Survey on Tobacco and Alternative Tobacco Products included questions about the personal use of EC, perceptions about the harms and their role in disease causation, education and cessation training and practices related to classical cigarettes (CC), electronic cigarettes (EC) and alternative tobacco products (ATP). The questionnaire filled in 577 medical students (71.9% women) from Comenius University in Bratislava, the average age was 23±2yrs. The sample comprised of 486 (84.2%) Slovak and 91 (15.8%) foreign students; 385 were (66.7%) non-smokers, 111 (19.3%) ex-smokers and 81 (14 %) current smokers. EC currently use 13.5 % medical students, more males than females (22.2% vs 10.12%; OR 2.53, 95% CI 1.55−4.13), more foreign students than Slovak students (24.2% vs 11.52; OR 2.44, 95% CI 1.41−4.26), more smokers of classical cigarettes than non-smokers (46.9% vs 8.06%; OR 10.07, 95% CI 5.85−17.34). EC seems to be less harmful to 59.97 % students, mostly in the age groups ≤ 24 (61.76% vs 51.49%; OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.03−2.07), 41.25% of students consider EC to be less addictive, 55.6% think they do not get enough education on EC during their medical study. The results show the high consumption of tobacco products and the lack of knowledge and awareness among medical students.

scholarly journals Student Tobacco Use Behaviours: A Qualitative Study of Alternative Tobacco and Nicotine Product Use in Young Adulthood

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aija Zobena ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Nicotine Addiction ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Product Use ◽  
Alternative Tobacco Products

Non-combustible alternative tobacco products such as tobacco-free nicotine pouches, heated tobacco, and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) marketed as less harmful alternatives to cigarettes as smoking cessation aids are becoming increasingly popular among adolescents and young adults. This age group includes individuals still experimenting with and establishing tobacco use. The aim of the study is to investigate student tobacco use behaviours, particularly novel devices, and alternative products to understand how to decrease tobacco initiation and use among adolescents and young adults. In August 2020, two focus group discussions were organized to obtain information on young people's experience of alternative tobacco and nicotine product use. In each of them, high school students (aged over 18) and students took part. The participants of the focus group discussion were chosen by the “snowball” method. Cessation of smoking and replacing cigarettes with alternative tobacco and nicotine products reduce some of the harmful effects but are not harmless and nicotine addiction remains. By replacing cigarette smoking with the use of tobacco-free nicotine pouches, heated tobacco, or e-cigarettes, one form of nicotine use is being replaced by another. According to the study, young people have no understanding of nicotine addiction and the health risks of using alternative tobacco products. Today's adolescents and young adults often see consumption of tobacco and nicotine products as a mean to construct and project their unique identity.

Reexamining the Psychometric Properties of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale

Assessment ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brittany E. Blanchard ◽  
Angela K. Stevens ◽  
Kenneth J. Sher ◽  
Andrew K. Littlefield
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Psychometric Evaluation ◽  
Risk Profile ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Predictive Utility ◽  
Empirically Supported

The Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS), a widely used self-report questionnaire, assesses four personality traits which predict risk for substance use (i.e., anxiety sensitivity, hopelessness, impulsivity, and sensation seeking). Given its use in research and clinical settings, as well as potential utility, this study aimed to provide a comprehensive psychometric evaluation of the SURPS. Undergraduate participants ( N = 718; 69% White; 26% Hispanic, aged 18-25 years, M = 19.00, SD = 1.33) completed a battery of measures, including the SURPS. Tests of measurement invariance, convergent and criterion validity, and internal consistency were conducted, as well as item response theory analyses and a treatment assignment simulation. Several items were removed before partial measurement invariance across gender was established with little information lost. Despite removing several SURPS items, the proposed factor structure was not empirically supported. More work is necessary to determine the predictive utility of assessing these personality traits to predict substance-related outcomes.

Construct Validity of Sensation Seeking: A Psychometric Investigation

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Beauducel ◽  
Burkhard Brocke ◽  
Alexander Strobel ◽  
Anja Strobel
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
German Version ◽  
Trait Theory ◽  
Multilevel Theory ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Psychometric Investigation

Abstract: Zuckerman postulated a biopsychological multilevel theory of Sensation Seeking, which is part of a more complex multi-trait theory, the Alternative Five. The Sensation Seeking Scale Form V (SSS V) was developed for the measurement of Sensation Seeking. The process of validation of Sensation Seeking as part of a multilevel theory includes analyses of relations within and between several levels of measurement. The present study investigates validity and basic psychometric properties of a German version of the SSS V in a broader context of psychometric traits. - The 120 participants were mainly students. They completed the SSS V, the Venturesomeness- and Impulsiveness-Scales of the IVE, the BIS/BAS-Scales, the ZKPQ and the NEO-FFI. - The results reveal acceptable psychometric properties for the SSS V but with limitations with regard to factor structure. Indications for criterion validity were obtained by prediction of substance use by the subscales Dis and BS. The results of a MTMM analysis, especially the convergent validities of the SSS V were quite satisfying. On the whole, the results yielded sufficient support for the validity of the Sensation Seeking construct or the instrument respectively. They also point to desirable modifications.

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