title: Determination of smoking habits and personality traits among nursing students.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to determine the smoking habits of students who receive nursing education in universities and their personality traits. We found that 29.2% of the students were habitual smokers, and the average score on the Fagerström Nicotine Dependence Test was 3.4 +/- 2.3. A significant difference in statistical terms was marked between the participants' smoking habits and the self-control factor. Because we found that the level of smoking among individuals with high self-control is rather low, providing information to students on quitting smoking and periodically assessing smoking status are recommended. In addition, individual improvement programs focused on the development of self-control can be added to nursing curricula.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Dokuz Eylul University, School of Nursing, Izmir, Turkey. aylin_durmaz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durmaz
authors.forename: Besti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ustün
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010379:Peer Group; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D015995:Prevalence; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology