The relationship of smoking to selected performance and personality factors among university students

• Main Author: McClain, Nancy J.
• Other Authors: Myers, Ruth L.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Smoking.; Personality.; College students.
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/180308; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/415687

This study investigated the relationship of cigarette smoking to selected performance and personality factors among 151 university students. Smokers and nonsmokers were compared by means of individual t tests with regard to grade point average, verbal and quantitative SAT scores, and the 11; scales of the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI). The results revealed a statistically significant difference between the two groups on 8 of the 114 OPI scales: Theoretical Orientation, Complexity, Autonomy, Religious Orientation, Impulse Expression, Personal Integration, Altruism, and Practical Outlook. No significant differences, however, were found between smokers and nonsmokers on any of the 3 measures of academic performance.