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    Personality (extroversion, neuroticism), reassurance seeking behavior and life stressors in smokers and non-smokers university females
    (UMT, Lahore, 2025) Ameer Hamza
    This research investigates the relationship between personality, reassurance-seeking behavior, and life stressors among smoker and nonsmoker university females. The research study was quantitative (correlational) research study. The data was collected from universities in Lahore, Pakistan. Purposive sampling was used to collect data from (n=200) female students aged 18 to 25. Among the total 200 participants 100 were smokers and 100 were non-smokers. Demographics sheet, Big Five Inventory Scale (BFI); (John, Donahue, and Kentle, 1991), Reassurance Seeking Behavior Scale (RSB); (Quratulain Hafez, 2020) and Life Stressors scale; (Shaheen & Farukh 2021) were administered to study variables. Pearson correlation and Multiple Linear Regression were used to test the study variables. Results of Pearson correlation showed that there is strong positive relationship between personality (extroversion and neuroticism), reassurance-seeking behavior, and life stressors among smokers and non-smokers university females. Life stressors in females were found to be significantly related to smoking. However, when considering factors such as extroversion, neuroticism and reassurance seeking behavior and life stress, the differences in smoking frequency among various groups appear to be relatively insignificant. These findings have significance for mental health practitioners, educators, and legislators, pointing the need for female university students to have specialized smoking prevention and intervention programs.