TY - JOUR
T1 - Meaning in life
T2 - Does it play a role in smoking
AU - Thege, Barna Konkolÿ
AU - Bachner, Yaacov G.
AU - Martos, Tamás
AU - Kushnir, Talma
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the scholarship (2005) of the Viktor Frankl Foundation of the City of Vienna (Konkoly¨ Thege) and by the Hungarian National Science Foundation (OTKA) under grant number T042574 (Martos). The authors also wish to thank Claudia Cleiman and Irene Zuili for translating the abstract into Spanish and French.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between a decreased level of meaning in life and smoking. In 2006, 341 Hungarian respondents (48.1 males, 51.9 females) completed a questionnaire that included the Purpose in Life test, a shortened version of the Aspiration Index and the Beck Depression Inventory, as well as questions about sociodemographic characteristics, past year alcohol and illicit drug consumption, and smoking behavior. The mean age of the participants was 33.0 years (SD 14.6), while the average years of education of the respondents was 14.5 (SD 2.7). According to the results of the regression analysis, meaning in life proved to be significant in differentiating between nonsmokers and daily smokers. With regard to the nonsmoker vs. occasional smoker and the daily vs. occasional smoker relationship, level of life meaning was not a significant predictor. The gender-meaning in life interaction was insignificant in all three relations. Limitations of this explorative investigation are noted.
AB - The aim of this study was to investigate whether a relationship exists between a decreased level of meaning in life and smoking. In 2006, 341 Hungarian respondents (48.1 males, 51.9 females) completed a questionnaire that included the Purpose in Life test, a shortened version of the Aspiration Index and the Beck Depression Inventory, as well as questions about sociodemographic characteristics, past year alcohol and illicit drug consumption, and smoking behavior. The mean age of the participants was 33.0 years (SD 14.6), while the average years of education of the respondents was 14.5 (SD 2.7). According to the results of the regression analysis, meaning in life proved to be significant in differentiating between nonsmokers and daily smokers. With regard to the nonsmoker vs. occasional smoker and the daily vs. occasional smoker relationship, level of life meaning was not a significant predictor. The gender-meaning in life interaction was insignificant in all three relations. Limitations of this explorative investigation are noted.
KW - Gender
KW - Hungary
KW - Meaning in life
KW - Risk factor
KW - Smoking status
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U2 - 10.3109/10826080802495096
DO - 10.3109/10826080802495096
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C2 - 19938911
AN - SCOPUS:70350095439
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 44
SP - 1566
EP - 1577
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 11
ER -