Determination of Smoking Habits and Personality Traits Among Nursing Students

Jellinek describes periodic or Epsilon alcoholism as the ‘least known species of alcoholism’ (1). Åmark (2), comparing them to the general population, found periodic drinkers to be older at time of study, to show increased heritability in offspring and to have a higher incidence of cycloid and cyclothymic personalities. His determination of cyclothymic personality traits reinforces the hypothesis of Dobnigg et al. (3) of a correlative between periodic drinking patterns and affective symptoms. This paper examines the usefulness of the diagnosis of ‘bender’ alcoholism.

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Determination of the learning styles of junior nursing students and investigation of the relationship between their learning styles and academic achivement

Gulhane Medical Journal ◽

10.5455/gulhane.19730 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 54 (2) ◽

pp. 129 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Memnun Seven ◽

Gulcan Bagcivan ◽

Selim Kilic ◽

Cengizhan Acikel

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Learning Styles ◽

The Relationship

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Tobacco smoking habits among nursing students and the influence of family and peer smoking behaviour

Journal of Advanced Nursing ◽

10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05135.x ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

pp. 33-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Emanuela Biraghi ◽

Anna Maria Tortorano

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Tobacco Smoking ◽

Smoking Behaviour ◽

Smoking Habits ◽

Peer Smoking

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Personality traits and platelet monoamine oxidase in tobacco smokers

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291700023606 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 327-334 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Lars Von Knorring ◽

Lars Oreland

Keyword(s):

General Population ◽

Monoamine Oxidase ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Tobacco Smoking ◽

Smoking Habits ◽

Strong Tendency ◽

Platelet Mao ◽

Platelet Monoamine Oxidase ◽

Old Men ◽

Intellectual Level

SynopsisA study was made of the smoking habits of an unselected series of 1129 18-year-old men from the general population. Their smoking habits were related to personality traits, intellectual level and platelet monoamine oxidase (MAO). Regular smokers were found to be extraverts, sensation seekers who were easily bored and with a strong tendency to avoid monotony. They also had a lower than average intellectual level, and were more prone to the abuse of alcohol, glue, cannabis, amphetamine and morphine. Furthermore, they had a low platelet MAO.The results are discussed in relation to the pharmacological reasons for smoking and favour the hypothesis that tobacco smoking is related to arousal-seeking behaviour. Ex-smokers had personality traits, intellectual levels and platelet MAO of the same magnitude as non-smokers: this may be the reason why they were able to give up smoking.

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