DOES AFFECT AND PERSONALITY INTERACT TO PREDICT NICOTINE DEPENDENCE AMONG COLLEGE-AGE MALES?
Dennis E. McChargue, Ph.D1, Lee M. Cohen, Ph.D.2, & Jessica Werth Cook, M.A.1 1University of Illinois Chicago and the Hines VA Hospital, 2Texas Tech University Evidence suggests that mood states contribute to the development of nicotine dependence among smokers and smokeless tobacco users. Many assume that tobacco use disorders, regardless of the form of administration, are maintained by nicotines ability to regulate positive and negative mood states. The present study (n=43) explored whether certain mood states predicted dependence to either cigarettes or smokeless tobacco. We further explored whether personality characteristics (e.g., extroversion and neuroticism) mediated or moderated these relationships. Hierarchical regression analysis controlling for age and social desirability was used for all analyses. Results showed that positive affect predicted dependence to smokeless tobacco (p<.05) and that this relationship was moderated by extroversion (p<.05). As such, positive affects
