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Rashidi M, Khoramabadi2 Y, Ahmadi Tahour Soltani M, Keshavarz Afshar H, Jafari E, Akbari S. The Comparison of Smoking Predisposition Factors and Risky Behaviors in Smoker and non-Smoker Soldiers. J Police Med 2017; 6 (2)
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The Comparison of Smoking Predisposition Factors and Risky Behaviors in Smoker and non-Smoker Soldiers
Mehran Rashidi1, Yadollah Khoramabadi22, Mohsen Ahmadi Tahour Soltani *3, Hossein Keshavarz Afshar4, Esa Jafari2, Saloumeh Akbari5
1- 1MA, Department of Psychology, Nahavand Branch, Payame Noor University, Nahavand, Iran.
2- 2PhD, Department of Psychology, Tehran Branch, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.
3- 3PhD, Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4- 4PhD, Department of Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences & Psychology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
5- MA, Department of Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Human Science, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
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Aim: Smoking is considered as a gateway to drug use and other high-risk behaviors. The purpose of this study was to compare the causes of smoking and high-risk behaviors in smoker and non-smoker soldiers.

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on soldiers of a military unit. 360 soldiers were selected by random sampling method and responded to a questionnaire on risk factors and protective substance use. Data were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate analysis of variance.

Results: The mean of the tendency to substance use, positive attitude towards drug use, sensation-seeking, family conflicts, and sexuality in regular smokers was higher than those in the irregular smoker group and in subjects without experience of consumption was less than in the last two groups. There was a significant relationship (p<0.001) between smoking and other drugs (waterpipe, opium, cannabis, alcohol and methamphetamines).

Conclusion: Cigarette smoking is prone to high-risk behaviors and consumption of other drugs.

 

 

 

Keywords: Family Conflicts, Novelty-Seeking Behavior, Sexual Intercourse, Smoking, Soldiers
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Article Type: Original Research | Subject: Addiction & Substance Abuse
Received: 2015/11/11 | Accepted: 2017/05/4 | Published: 2017/07/1
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