Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
PERSPECTIVES IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE, sa.1, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)
Objective: The present study attempts to find the level of association of nicotine dependence with separation anxiety disorder in adults and the interrelationship between these two disorders.Method: The methodology consisted of 525 individuals aged between 18 and 63 years attending the outpatient clinic of Family Medicine at Hacettepe University. All participants were evaluated in this study with a questionnaire containing all the sociodemographic data, the Fagerstr & ouml;m nicotine dependence test (FNBT), and the Separation Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale (SADSS). Data will be processed using the IBM SPSS V23 software package to find the relation between nicotine dependence and separation anxiety.Results: The analysis also showed that there was no significant statistical relationship between FNBT results and SADSS results, with a correlation of r = 0.037and p = 0.399. In addition, the severity of separation anxiety was found to be higher in females than in males, as identified by the value of p = 0.024. Female participants were more likely to smoke as a way of coping with stress and anxiety compared to male participants. Among males, there was no significant relationship between nicotine dependence and separation anxiety, p = 0.131, suggesting that in males, the nicotine behavior may be influenced more by social and cultural factors.Conclusion: The results of the present study show that the relationship between nicotine dependence and separation anxiety can be considered from the point of view of gender. Although the relationship between nicotine addiction and anxiety is stronger in females, this relationship is weaker in males. These results indicate that gender differentiation may be performed regarding the treatment of nicotine addiction. Future studies should investigate the interaction of these two diseases in more detail and may help in developing therapeutic measures that are more specific and individualized.