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Mood differences between male and female light smokers and nonsmokers.
Full Abstract
In an open study, we determined whether there were sex differences in the mood ratings of non-deprived light smokers and nonsmokers under baseline conditions and after completing a battery of cognitive tests that were mildly stressful. Male and female students who were light smokers (5-12 cigarettes a day) were tested immediately after smoking their usual cigarette, at a time that they normally smoked. They were compared with a group of male and female students who were nonsmokers and did not differ on age, IQ, personality measures, anxiety or depression. Compared with the nonsmokers, both male and female smokers felt overall significantly more discontented, troubled, tense, quarrelsome, furious, impatient, hostile, annoyed and disgusted and experienced greater dizziness. The performance of distracting cognitive tasks did not reveal anxiolytic effects of smoking, and after performance of these tasks, both smokers and nonsmokers became more discontented and anxious. In addition, after the cognitive testing, both male and female smokers showed greater increases than nonsmokers in feeling spiteful, rebellious, incompetent and in sweating, suggesting that they experienced greater mood changes in response to cognitive stress. There were no overall differences between the smokers and nonsmokers in the performance of divided or sustained attention tasks or in episodic memory. It is unlikely that either nicotine withdrawal or differences in cognitive performance could account for the greater anxiety, discontent and aggressive mood that was found in smokers.
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Author information
Author/s: File, Sandra E (SE); Dinnis, Abigail K (AK); Heard, Joy E (JE); Irvine, Elaine E (EE);
Affiliation: Psychopharmacology Research Unit, Centre for Neuroscience, Hodgkin Building, GKT School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, Guy's Campus, UK. sandra.file(-atsign-)kcl.ac.uk
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior (Pharmacol Biochem Behav), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Jun; vol 72 (issue 3) : pp 681-9
Dates: Created 2002/08/14; Completed 2003/02/05; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12175465, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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