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Personality measures as predictors of smoking initiation and cessation in the UNC Alumni Heart Study.

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Lipkus, IM; Barefoot, JC; Williams, RB; Siegler, IC
Published in: Health Psychol
March 1994

MMPI data collected from a sample of college men and women during 1964-1967 were used to predict smoking initiation and cessation over a 20-year follow-up period. People who subsequently began smoking were more rebellious, impulsive, sensation seeking, and hostile; were less likely to present a positive self-image; and were socially extraverted while in college. People who continued to smoke 20 years later were more hostile and sensation seeking. The personality variables that predicted smoking initiation and cessation were the same for men and women. Discussion centers on the potential role of hostility as a predictor of smoking cessation.

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Health Psychol

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ISSN

0278-6133

Publication Date

March 1994

Volume

13

Issue

2

Start / End Page

149 / 155

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • Students
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking
  • Public Health
  • Prospective Studies
  • Personality Disorders
  • Male
  • MMPI
  • Humans
 

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Lipkus, I. M., Barefoot, J. C., Williams, R. B., & Siegler, I. C. (1994). Personality measures as predictors of smoking initiation and cessation in the UNC Alumni Heart Study. Health Psychol, 13(2), 149–155. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-6133.13.2.149
Lipkus, I. M., J. C. Barefoot, R. B. Williams, and I. C. Siegler. “Personality measures as predictors of smoking initiation and cessation in the UNC Alumni Heart Study.Health Psychol 13, no. 2 (March 1994): 149–55. https://doi.org/10.1037//0278-6133.13.2.149.
Lipkus IM, Barefoot JC, Williams RB, Siegler IC. Personality measures as predictors of smoking initiation and cessation in the UNC Alumni Heart Study. Health Psychol. 1994 Mar;13(2):149–55.
Lipkus, I. M., et al. “Personality measures as predictors of smoking initiation and cessation in the UNC Alumni Heart Study.Health Psychol, vol. 13, no. 2, Mar. 1994, pp. 149–55. Pubmed, doi:10.1037//0278-6133.13.2.149.
Lipkus IM, Barefoot JC, Williams RB, Siegler IC. Personality measures as predictors of smoking initiation and cessation in the UNC Alumni Heart Study. Health Psychol. 1994 Mar;13(2):149–155.

Published In

Health Psychol

DOI

ISSN

0278-6133

Publication Date

March 1994

Volume

13

Issue

2

Start / End Page

149 / 155

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Universities
  • Students
  • Smoking Cessation
  • Smoking
  • Public Health
  • Prospective Studies
  • Personality Disorders
  • Male
  • MMPI
  • Humans