Abstract
Present work was aimed to find the contribution of personality traits,
identity style and depression in predicting cigarette smoking. Data
was collected from male students of universities located in Peshawar
through Beck Depression Inventory – II (BDI – II), NEO-Five Factor
Inventory (NEO-FFI) and Identity Style Inventory, Revised (ISI3). A
total of 300 male students were involved, out of which n=150 were
smokers whereas n=150 were nonsmokers. Of the total n=150
smokers, 75 were hostelers 75 were day scholars and same as for
non-smokers. The outcome indicated that those who smoked had
high levels of neuroticism and they also scored high on the Beck
Depression Inventory. The outcome further revealed that persons
having diffused identity style had likelihood of being involved in
smoking behavior. Further results exposed that the hostelers were
more vulnerable to smoking behavior as compared to the day
scholars.
