RESUMOOs traços de personalidade podem exercer papel importante no hábito tabagista. ABSTRACT -Personality traits and nicotine dependence in college studentsPersonality traits may play an important role in the smoking habit. This study aimed to investigate differences in personality traits among college smokers and nonsmokers. The sample was composed by 93 students from private higher education institution in São Paulo state, aged between 18 and 25 years. Of these, 40 were smokers (28 with low dependency and 12 with moderate dependency) and 53 nonsmokers. A questionnaire on sociodemographic data, Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence and Battery Factor Personality was applied. The results revealed significantly higher scores for smokers on searching for news and openness while nonsmokers had significantly higher scores on the vulnerability, pro-sociality, trust and commitment. Significant association was found with nicotine dependence only on confidence in people. It is hoped that the results can be used to improve the performance of psychologists in the smoking area. Keywords: personality; smoking; university, big five model of personality. RESUMEN -Características de personalidad y nicotina depedencia en estudiantes universitariosLos rasgos de personalidad pueden jugar un papel importante en el hábito de fumar. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo investigar las diferencias en los rasgos de personalidad entre los fumadores y los no fumadores de la universidad. Participaron 93 estudiantes de instituciones de educación superior privada en el estado de São Paulo, con edades comprendidas entre 18 y 25 años. De éstos, 40 eran fumadores (28 con depedencia leve y 12 con dependencia moderada) y 53 no fumadores. Un cuestionario sobre datos sociodemográficos, Test de Fagerström para la dependencia de la nicotina y La Bateria Fatorial de Personalidad se aplicó. Los resultados revelaron medias significativamente más altas para fumadores en la faceta búsqueda de noticias y el factor de apertura, mientras que los no fumadores tenían puntuaciones significativamente más altas en la vulnerabilidad, prosocialidad, confianza en las personas y compromiso. Se observó asociación significativa con la dependencia de la nicotina sólo en la faceta confianza en las personas. Se espera que los resultados se pueden utilizar para mejorar el rendimiento de los psicólogos en la zona de fumadores. Palabras clave: personalidad; fumar; universidad, big five modelo de personalidad. Health Organization, WHO, 2011), o tabagismo é uma das maiores ameaças à saúde pública. Em média, mais de cinco milhões de pessoas morrem por ano devido a doenças relacionadas ao tabagismo. Devido a esses dados alarmantes, as pesquisas sobre os fatores envolvidos no comportamento de fumar avançaram. Segundo a Organização Mundial de Saúde (WorldAlém dos efeitos neurológicos da nicotina, os fatores de risco de natureza social, familiar e individual que podem predispor o indivíduo à dependência também

Objective: To investigate how social and psychological characteristics differ between pregnant women who smoke and do not smoke. To explore associations between social and psychological features with changes of smoking habits by the end of pregnancy. Methods: A case-control study was set up. Smokers cases were never-smokers and ex-smokers controls. Pregnant women (n=328) from public prenatal services were interviewed. Socio-demographic data and psychological variables - personality traits, anxiety, depression, perceived stress, maternal fetal-attachment - were measured. Saliva samples were collected to measure cotinine and to check self-informed smoking status. In addition, 66 smokers were also assessed regarding smoking habits by late pregnancy. Smoking status was defined as a dependent variable. Exposure factors were analyzed through odds ratios. Logistic models and contingency tables were employed according to the nature of variables. "Qualitative change in smoking" was defined as a dependent variable for the last evaluation, and a logistic regression model was built. Results: Lower schooling, higher age, use of alcohol and drugs, living without a partner, and passive smoking showed associations with smoking. Anxiety, depression and perceived stress also exhibited positive association with smoking. Among personality traits, only Neuroticism was associated with smoking. None of the variables were associated with qualitative change in smoking by the end of pregnancy. Conclusion: Smoking during pregnancy is associated with more unfavorable social conditions. Pregnant women who smoke exhibit more negative psychological states than nonsmokers, including a profile of accentuated Neuroticism. None of the investigated variables could predict changes in smoking during pregnancy.

FUJITA, Ângela Tamye Lopes. Socio-demographic and psychological factors associated with smoking in pregnancy. 2019. 110 f.