The Discriminational Role of Cloninger's Temperament Model and Cognitive Emotion Regulation in the Discrimination of Tobacco Users

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was discriminating smokers from healthy people based on temperament and cognitive emotion regulation. Method: the present study has been a group classification design. The research population were all of girl and boy students in kerman. The final sample of research was including 200 participants (each group has 100 participants). For collect data used of cloninger's temperament questionnaire and cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire (short- form). Findings: in comparison with the healthy group, the mean of novelty seeking and inefficient cognitive emotion regulation was higher and the mean of persistence, self-directedness, reward dependence and co-perativeness was lower in the smoking group. However, there was no significant difference in terms of harm avoidance, self-transcendence and efficient cognitive emotion regulation. Conclusion: considering a person's profile in the Cloninger temperament model and cognitive emotion regulation strategies, it is possible to identify people who are prone to tobacco use and provide them with the necessary training.