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- Title
The role of personality profile in the motivation to quit smoking.
- Authors
Bishry, Zeinab; Fekry, Mohamed; El Shahawy, Heba; Soltan, Marwa; Haroun, Amany; Moneim, Dalia Abdel
- Abstract
Cloninger’s neuropsychopharmacological theory identifies four temperament traits and three character traits that are largely heritable and are associated with addictions. This study examined the association between the personality profile as measured by the temperament and character inventory-125 (TCI-125) and motivation to quit smoking, studying the association between those who maintained quitting and those who relapsed.A sample of 170 individuals, 110 nonmotivated to quit and 60 motivated to participate in a smoking cessation program, were diagnosed by structured clinical interview for DSM-IV axis I disorder (SCID-I) and their smoking pattern and motivation to quit by the Nicotine Dependence Test and The Stage of Change Algorithm, respectively. Then, an assessment of personality by TCI was carried out, follow-up for 3 months for those in the smoking cessation program, where they were divided into those who maintained cessation, ‘non relapsed motivated,’ and those who relapsed, the ‘relapsed motivated group,’ where they were assessed for their personality profile using TCI.There is a positive correlation between novelty seeking, persistence, cooperativeness, and motivation to quit smoking, whereas there is no correlation between harm avoidance, reward dependence, self-directedness, and self-transcendence in the motivation to quit smoking. None of these temperaments and characters showed any correlation with relapse.Certain personality profile can affect motivation to quit smoking.
- Publication
Middle East Current Psychiatry, 2012, Vol 19, Issue 4, p206
- ISSN
2090-5408
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1097/01.XME.0000418790.39675.f9