A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION AND AFFECTIVE STYLES AMONG SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS

Given the significance of emotions in mental health, the present study aimed to
compare the emotional dysregulation and affective styles among smokers and nonsmokers.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive and comparative study was conducted on the guilds of
Kermanshah. The simple random sampling was used as the basic sampling technique whereby 152
smokers and 152 nonsmokers were selected. To collect the required data, the difficulties in emotion
regulation scale (DERS) and the affective style questionnaire (ASQ) were exploited. As for data
analysis, the multivariate analysis of variance was utilized. Additionally, the SPSS 21 was employed for
data analysis.
Results: The results of the present study revealed that there was a significant difference between the
smokers and nonsmokers in terms of the emotional dysregulation and affective styles. Besides, the
results demonstrated that the emotional dysregulation was significantly higher among the smokers
(p<0.001).
Conclusion: Given the results of the present study, it was concluded that the emotional dysregulation
and affective styles played roles in smoking. Accordingly, it was concluded that two possible reasons
for one’s tendency towards smoking were one’s inability to use positive strategies for regulating
emotions and numerous shortcomings in affection