TY - JOUR
T1 - Nicotine Dependency and Its Relationship With Emotional Intelligence Among Male Smoker Employees
AU - Tirandaz, Shima Yadegar
AU - Sahebihagh, Mohammad Hasan
AU - Areshtanab, Hossein Namdar
AU - Jafarizadeh, Hossein
AU - Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Tabriz and Urmia universities of medical sciences. The authors would like to thank these universities and all the study participants.
Funding Information:
This article is a part of a Master’s thesis of the first Shima Yadghar, Student Research Committee and Community Health Nursing, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Background: Smoking is one of the most common causes of mortality in the world. Emotional intelligence is the adapting ability to respond to the environment and people appropriately. It plays an important role in various aspects of life such as facing stressful situations and consequently, smoking. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nicotine dependency and emotional intelligence among male smokers. Methods: This study was conducted on 350 male smokers working at Urmia University of Medical Sciences. The study tools were Cyberia Shrink emotional intelligence questionnaire and Fagerstrom nicotine dependence test. Results: The Mean±SD of nicotine dependency and emotional intelligence were 3.33±2.31 (ranged from 0-10), and 110.26±16.24 (ranged from 33-165), respectively. Overall, the results showed a significant reverse relationship between emotional intelligence and its dimensions with nicotine dependency. Individuals with higher emotional intelligence had a lower degree of nicotine dependency. Conclusion: Emotional intelligence acts as a guard against harmful behaviors such as smoking. Nicotine dependency can be reduced by teaching emotional intelligence skills.
AB - Background: Smoking is one of the most common causes of mortality in the world. Emotional intelligence is the adapting ability to respond to the environment and people appropriately. It plays an important role in various aspects of life such as facing stressful situations and consequently, smoking. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between nicotine dependency and emotional intelligence among male smokers. Methods: This study was conducted on 350 male smokers working at Urmia University of Medical Sciences. The study tools were Cyberia Shrink emotional intelligence questionnaire and Fagerstrom nicotine dependence test. Results: The Mean±SD of nicotine dependency and emotional intelligence were 3.33±2.31 (ranged from 0-10), and 110.26±16.24 (ranged from 33-165), respectively. Overall, the results showed a significant reverse relationship between emotional intelligence and its dimensions with nicotine dependency. Individuals with higher emotional intelligence had a lower degree of nicotine dependency. Conclusion: Emotional intelligence acts as a guard against harmful behaviors such as smoking. Nicotine dependency can be reduced by teaching emotional intelligence skills.
KW - Emotional intelligence
KW - Employee
KW - Nicotine dependence
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U2 - 10.32598/JRH.10.3.1492.1
DO - 10.32598/JRH.10.3.1492.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85125484820
SN - 2423-5717
VL - 10
SP - 159
EP - 166
JO - Journal of Research & Health
JF - Journal of Research & Health
IS - 3
ER -
