Open AccessSmokers Are Extraverted in Japan: Smoking Habit and The Big Five Personality Traits
Author(s) -
Abe Shingo,
Oshio Atsushi,
Kawamoto Tetsuya,
Ito Hiroyuki,
Hirashima Taro,
Tsubota Yuki,
Tani Iori
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244019859956
Subject(s) - conscientiousness , big five personality traits , extraversion and introversion , personality , psychology , trait , hierarchical structure of the big five , clinical psychology , logistic regression , demography , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , sociology , computer science , programming language
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.
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