[Smoking from the perspective of positive psychology]

Przegl Lek. 2009;66(10):765-7.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Cigarette smoking remains a significant problem on a global scale. Positive psychology is blazing new trails in researching the mutual relation between health and disease, stressing the promotion of positive factors supporting health. The crucial point in this perspective is examining the factors, that assists healthy behaviours. The paper is an introduction to the research on the sense of happiness and emotionality in the currently cigarette addicted, never-smokers and past smokers. Studies clearly show that in people who threw smoking level of happiness and awareness of owns emotions are the highest compared to those never smokers and smokers.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Affect / classification*
  • Anger / classification
  • Attitude to Health
  • Comorbidity
  • Depression / epidemiology
  • Depression / prevention & control
  • Happiness*
  • Health Promotion / methods
  • Humans
  • Poland / epidemiology
  • Self Concept
  • Self Medication
  • Smoking / psychology*
  • Tobacco Use Disorder / epidemiology*
  • Tobacco Use Disorder / psychology*