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KMID : 0358120000260020201
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
2000 Volume.26 No. 2 p.201 ~ p.214
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The Personality Characteristics of Smoking and Non-smoking Male High School Students
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류미경/Ryu, Mi-Kyung
박경민/김정남/장은진/이충원/김대현/정철호/Park, Kyung-Min/Kim, Chung-Nam/Chang, Eun-Jin/Lee, Chung-Won/Kim, Dae-Hyun/Jung, Chul-Ho
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to invesligate the differences of persomllity characteristics using Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory(MMPI) by current smokers, ex smokers and non smokers among male high school students. The subjects for this study were 448 first and second year male students at general and vocational high school in Taegu and Kyung Buk Province.
Data was collcct´d from August 25 to September 15, 1999. The instrument used in this study was the Validity Scale and the Clinical Scale, the Ego Strength Scale and the Personality Disorder Scale of the MMPI. The data was analysed by using the SPSS Program which included frequency, perentage, χ²-test, ANOVA, scheffe test and stepwisse discriminant anaysis.
The results obtained from this study were as follows. (1) There were significant differences by smoking behavior groups in parents who smoke and who did not smoke(p=.044), intimate friends who smoke and not(p=.000), academic record(p=.000), satisfaction with school life(p=.020), effect of smoking on health(p=.000), drinking experience(p=.000), drug-use experience(p=.007) and experience into No minors district(p=.000). (2) T-scores of subjects in this study were in the range of 40-60. Psychopathic Deviate Scale(Pd), Paranoid Scale(Pa), Psychasthenia Scale(Pt), Schizophrenia Scale(Sc), Histrionic Personality Disorder Scale(HST) and Anti-social Personality Disorder Scale(ANT) showed higher T-scores than other Clinical and Personality Disorder Scale. (3) The results of post-hoc in Validity Scale and Clinical Scale are as follows: T-scores of current-smokers were higher than that of ex-smokers and non-smokers in Hysteria Scale(Hv), Psvchopathic Deviate Scale(Pd), Paranoid Scale(Pa), Psychasthenia Scale(Pt), Schizophrenia Scale(Sc) and Hypomania Scale(Ma); T-scores of non-smokers were higher than that of ex-smokers in Depression Scale(D), and T-scores of non-smokers were higher than that of current-smokers and ex-smokers in Social Introversion Scale(Si). (4) In Ego Strength Scale and Personality Disorder Scale, T-scores of ex-smokers were higher than those of current-smokers. In Histrionic Personality Disorder Scale(HST) and Narcissistic Personality Disorder Scale(NAR), T-scores of current smokers and ex-smokers were higher than those of non-smokers. In Borderline Personality Disorder Scale(BDL), Anti-social
Personality Disorder Scale(ANT) and Paranoid Personality Disorder Scale(PAR), T-scores of current-smokers were higher than those of ex-smokers and non-smokers. In Schizotypal Personality Disorder Scale(STV), T-scores of current smokers were higher than that of ex-smokers. In Avoidant Personality Disorder Scale(AVD),_T-scores of non-smokers were higher than those of current-smokers and ex-smokers. (5) As a result of stepwise discriminant analysis of the NIlVIPI Scale by smoking behavior, a discrimination rate of the F Scale, Hypomania Scale(´\ia), Social Introversion Scale(Si) and Psychopathic Deviate Scale(Pd) out of the Validity Scale and Clinical Scale was 51.1"(´), and that of Anti-social Personality Disorder Scale(.-VNT) and Avoidant Personality Disorder Scale(.AVD) out of the Personality Disorder Scale was 51.6%, both of the rates were statistically significant.
The Above results suggested that smoking by high school students is related with personality characteri stics as well as external factors like family, school and their social environment. So school health professionals who are in charge of school health, should operate various smoking prevention or prohibition programs, taking into account personality characteristics. It might have an effect on smoking prevention and the reduction of the smoking rate.
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