Research Article

Effects of Smoking on Aggression, Big Five Personality Factors, and Polymorphisms in HTR2A, DRD4, and MAOA among Egypt University Students

Table 1

The relationship of tobacco smoking and personality trait score. It shows the means (SD) for personality attributes for the non-, light, and heavy smoker groups.

CharacteristicsCigarette smoking status
NSLSHS

Gender
 Male34 (32.4)21 (20)50 (47.6)>0.05
 Female46 (73)12 (19.1)5 (7.9)
 Aggression score<0.001
 Openness score<0.001
 Neuroticism score<0.001
 Conscientiousness score<0.001
 Agreeableness score<0.001
 Extraversion score<0.001

Analysis of variance indicates that there were significant differences among groups on aggression, openness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and extraversion factors.