Abstract

RODRIGUES, Viviane Samoel; SILVA, Jaqueline Garcia da  and  OLIVEIRA, Margareth da Silva. Social skills in tobacco users: literature review. Arq. bras. psicol. [online]. 2011, vol.63, n.1, pp. 31-41. ISSN 1809-5267.

Tobacco users who show low social competence, stressful life situations, low coping skills in risk situations, low self esteem and anxiety tend to use tobacco as a way to deal with daily life. The literature on social skills and tobacco was reviewed through searches on the Medline, Scielo, Psycinfo and EBSCO data basis, between 1998 and 2008. The descriptive words used for the search were: social skills, social competence, assertiveness, tobacco, cigarette, nicotine and drug abuse. It was found 134 articles, of which 21 with emphasis on evaluation of social skills in the use of substances and only 11 articles reported social skills specifically related to smoking. They were divided into four categories: skills deficit and smoking, risk factors in adolescent smokers, assertiveness / refusal for smoking and social skills training. The researches pointing out a deficit on social skills as a risk factor for the initiation of tobacco consumption. It was also found articles on tobacco users who showed difficulty to resist to cigarette and say no, and that show the efficacy of the Social Skills Training in the cessation of tobacco use treatment.

Keywords : Social Skills; Social Interaction; Tobacco Smoking; Nicotine Dependency.

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