Further evidence that tobacco smoking correlates with schizotypal and borderline personality traits

The aim of the present study was to replicate work by Williams et al. [Williams, J. H., Wellman, N. A., Allan, L. M., Taylor, E., Tonin, J., Feldon, J., & Rawlins, J. N. P. (1996). Tobacco smoking correlates with schizotypal and borderline personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 20, 267–270.] which showed that tobacco smoking was associated with schizotypal and borderline traits. One hundred and ninety-two respondents completed the Schizotypal Traits Questionnaire (STA) and the Borderline Personality Questionnaire (STB). It was found that higher scores on these instruments were associated with greater tobacco consumption even when sex and age were partialled out.