The Big-Five Personality Traits, Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy, and Educational Qualifications as Predictors of Tobacco Use in a Nationally Representative Sample

Helen Cheng; Adrian Furnham

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145552

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The Big-Five Personality Traits, Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy, and Educational Qualifications as Predictors of Tobacco Use in a Nationally Representative Sample

Helen Cheng,

Affiliations Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University College London, London, WC1H 0AL, United Kingdom
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Adrian Furnham

* E-mail: a.furnham@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, BI: Norwegian Business School, Nydalsveien 37, 0484, Oslo, Norway
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The Big-Five Personality Traits, Maternal Smoking during Pregnancy, and Educational Qualifications as Predictors of Tobacco Use in a Nationally Representative Sample

Helen Cheng,
Adrian Furnham

Published: January 5, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145552

About the Authors

Helen Cheng

Affiliations Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies, Institute of Education, University College London, London, WC1H 0AL, United Kingdom

Adrian Furnham

* E-mail: a.furnham@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliations Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, BI: Norwegian Business School, Nydalsveien 37, 0484, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC. Performed the experiments: HC AF. Analyzed the data: HC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF. Wrote the paper: AF HC.

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