role of temperament, personality traits and onset age of smoking in predicting opiate dependence

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bahareh amirabadi department of clinical psychology, faculty of medical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; department of clinical psychology, faculty of medical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-9127852137

mohammad nikbakht department of clinical psychology, faculty of medical sciences, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran

mostafa nokani department of clinical psychology, faculty of medical sciences, arak university of medical sciences, arak, ir iran

neda alibeygi department of psychiatry, faculty of psychiatry, university of rehabilitation and welfare sciences, tehran, ir iran

abstract

conclusions low onset age of smoking cigarettes, high novelty seeking and low cooperativeness in opiate dependents are among the important personality traits in future use of drugs that can predict the subsequent onset of using opiate drugs. results opiate addicts had higher scores in novelty seeking dimension and lower scores in cooperativeness compared to nicotine addicts. the onset age of smoking cigarette in opiate addicts was lower than nicotine addicts. patients and methods two groups of opiate and nicotine addicts were randomly selected. revised version of the cloninger temperament inventory questionnaire, the fagrastrom nicotine dependence and the maudsley addiction profile were used. anova and logistic regression were applied for data analysis. background according to drug gateway theory, smoking cigarettes, especially, low onset age of smoking, is one of the risk factors for future use. objectives the present study aimed to compare nicotine and opiate addicts to identify the differences in personality traits and onset age of smoking in the two groups that cause some individuals to appeal to other substances after starting to use cigarettes.

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international journal of high risk behaviors and addiction

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