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5.5 Temperament, mental health problems and self-concept
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Relevant news and research: Temperament, mental health problems and self-concept

Merianos, A. L., Hill, M. J., Gregory, K. A., Turk, S. T., Smith, M. L. and Mahabee-Gittens, E. M. (2025). Adverse childhood experiences and tobacco smoke exposure among U.S. school-aged children. Child Prot Pract. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41306665


Thomas, J. E., Pasch, K. E., Marti, C. N. and Loukas, A. (2025). Bidirectional associations between depressive symptoms and cigarette use during young adulthood: A survival analysis approach. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41206109


Aregbeshola, B. S., Paul, C., Atorkey, P., Dizon, J., Leigh, L. and Tzelepis, F. (2025). Factors associated with tobacco use, risky alcohol consumption, and concurrent tobacco and risky alcohol use among vocational education students. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse, 11-Jan. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41026465


Chaudhary, V., Kaushik, A., Devi, N. K., Jain, S. and Saraswathy, K. N. (2025). Adverse childhood experiences as predictors of alcohol and tobacco addiction risk among college students in Delhi-NCR, India. Sci Rep, 1, 32333. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40897772


Diaby, M., Agbonlahor, O., Richardson, M. K., Hart, J. L., Rose, S. W. and Mattingly, D. T. (2025). Discrimination Distress and Current Combustible and Non-combustible Tobacco Product Use Among US Youth, 2023. Nicotine Tob Res. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40973143


Jacobs, W., Qin, W. A., Baiden, P., Amuta-Jimenez, A. and Zapolski, T. (2025). Adverse Childhood Experiences, Discrimination, Nativity, and Associations with Tobacco and Cannabis Use Among Black Young Adults in the U.S. Subst Use Misuse, 10-Jan. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40898011


Li, Y., Ling, S., Zhou, Y., Li, Y., He, J. and Yang, L. (2025). Exploring the association of time-inconsistent preferences with smoking behavior: A cross-sectional survey study from Sichuan, China. Tob Induc Dis. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/41000451


Ismail, R., Hassan, S. A., Shukor, M. S., Shafurdin, N. S., Hanafi, N., Aljaberi, M. A., Lin, C. Y. and Griffiths, M. D. (2025). Prevalence, risk factors, and protective factors of tobacco use among school-going adolescents at drug-abuse hot-spots in Malaysia. Addict Behav, 108455. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40882309


Mirzaei-Alavijeh, M., Qadir, R. R., Karimi, N. and Jalilian, F. (2025). Determinants of Smoking Among University Students in Northern Iraq. J Res Health Sci, 3, e00656. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40823953


Reynolds, L. M., Faure, P. and Barik, J. (2025). Adolescent nicotine exposure and persistent neurocircuitry changes: unveiling lifelong psychiatric risks. Mol Psychiatry. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40883452


Tian, Y., Xiang, W., Dzhugaryan, S., Bae, D., Barrington-Trimis, J. and Church, T. (2025). From traits to puffs: The interplay of personality, pandemic stress, and smoking behaviors. PLoS One, 7, e0316301. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40623022


Fang, Y., Yang, R., Song, R., Gu, Y., Lu, X., Chen, Z., Hu, W., Cao, Z., Sun, M., Wang, H., Tong, L. and Huang, C. (2025). Nicotine exposure in adolescence triggers the activation and subsequent damage of microglia in the dentate gyrus and promotes depression later in life. Int Immunopharmacol, 115060. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40513337


AlBariqi, A. A., AlQahtani, A. F., Tikare, S., Gokhale, S. T., Nagate, R. R., AlHaid, F. S. M., AlQahtani, A. H. A., Narapureddy, B. R., Reddy, L. K. V. and Muthugounder, K. (2025). Smoking Prevalence, Susceptibility to Cigarette Smoking, and Its Causes in 568 Adolescent Male High School Students in Southern Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Med Sci Monit, e948542. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40440239


Beard, E., Shahab, L., Brown, J. and Cox, S. (2025). How much does the absence of the 'hidden population' from United Kingdom household surveys underestimate smoking prevalence?. Addiction. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40313196


Do, E. K., Braganza, K., Koris, K., D'Esterre, A. P., Tulsiani, S. and Hair, E. C. (2025). Perceived Discrimination and Nicotine Product Use: Findings from a Youth and Young Adult Sample (2022-2023). Tob Use Insights, 1179173X251345621. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40433652


Zipper, Z., Renner, E., Wimmer, R., Brossler, H., Brouschek, J., Fuchshuber, J., Ischebeck, A. and Unterrainer, H. F. (2025). Personality organization mediates the relationship between negative primary emotions and tobacco use. J Affect Disord, 119398. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40368146


Chen, Y. (2025). Bidirectional Associations Between Nicotine Dependence and Psychosocial Problems Among Adults: A Multigroup Analysis with Gender as a Moderator. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40280893


Assari, S., Najand, B. and Sheikhattari, P. (2025). Childhood Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicidal Attempt Predict Earlier Tobacco and Marijuana Use Initiation During Adolescence. Open J Med Sci, 1, 18-31. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40027157


Chen, M., Wang, X., Tan, D. S., Wang, H., Guo, J., Li, J., Zou, Z., Jiang, Y. and Liang, W. (2025). Tobacco and alcohol use; suicide ideation, plan, and attempt among adolescents; and the role of legal purchase age restrictions: a pooled population-based analysis from 58 countries. BMC Med, 1, 163. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40102880


Damiri, B., Zidan, T., Hamayel, D. and Saifi, M. (2025). Tobacco smoking and the risk of eating behaviors and depression among Palestinian female university students. Discov Ment Health, 1, 34. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40064734


Zhu, L., Zhang, Y. and Wang, H. (2025). Effects of core self-evaluation on tobacco and alcohol use among left-behind children: mediating role of fear of missing out and moderating role of parental migration category and gender. BMC Psychol, 1, 262. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40098164


Lim, A. Y. and Yoon, W. (2025). Integrating variable centered and person centered approaches for personality and nicotine use. Sci Rep, 1, 5433. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39948297


Liu, Y., Li, L., Chen, Z., Ren, S., He, R., Liang, Y., Tan, Y., Shao, X., Chen, S., Chen, X., Tang, J. and Liao, Y. (2025). Relationship between parental smoking and adolescent smoking: gender differences and mediation of resilience. BMC Public Health, 1, 434. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39901135


Perry, L. C., Chevalier, N. and Luciano, M. (2025). Maternal education and prenatal smoking associations with adolescent executive function are substantially confounded by genetics. Dev Psychol. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39836161


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