Revell A D, Warburton D M, Wesnes K
Addict Behav. 1985;10(3):209-24. doi: 10.1016/0306-4603(85)90002-4.
People in modern society use an ever increasing variety of psychoactive substances to help them cope with the increasing amount of stress they experience in the course of their lives. A survey was undertaken to investigate the role of smoking as a coping strategy and the relationship between smoking, the other coping strategies available, and personality in an undergraduate student population. There seemed to be three distinct subgroups in this population as defined by their preferred coping strategy: those who seek help from their friends when faced by problems, those who seek "expert advice," and those who attempt to solve their problems alone; often with the use of drugs. Those falling in the third category, that of self-help, were more likely to self-medicate with a wide variety of psychoactive substances. If they were smokers then they smoked more cigarettes and chose their brand on the basis of strength of a cigarette. There was no evidence for different personality types tending to smoke in different situations and no evidence for any link between extraversion or neuroticism and substance use or coping.
现代社会中的人们使用越来越多的精神活性物质来帮助自己应对生活中不断增加的压力。开展了一项调查，以研究吸烟作为一种应对策略的作用，以及在本科生群体中吸烟、其他可用应对策略和个性之间的关系。根据他们偏爱的应对策略，该群体似乎可分为三个不同的亚组：遇到问题时向朋友求助的人、寻求“专业建议”的人以及试图独自解决问题的人；后者经常使用药物。属于第三类，即自助类的人更有可能使用多种精神活性物质进行自我治疗。如果他们是吸烟者，那么他们吸烟更多，并且根据香烟的强度选择品牌。没有证据表明不同性格类型的人在不同情况下有不同的吸烟倾向，也没有证据表明外向性或神经质与物质使用或应对之间存在任何联系。
