Development and validation of the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale.
The accurate assessment of nicotine withdrawal is important theoretically and clinically. A 28-item scale, the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale, was developed that contains 7 reliable subscales tapping the major symptom elements of the nicotine withdrawal syndrome. Coefficients alpha for the subscales range from .75 to .93. This scale is sensitive to smoking withdrawal, is predictive of smoking cessation outcomes, and yields data that conform to a 7-factor structure. The 7 scales predicted intratreatment smoking, chi2(7, N = 163) = 15.19, p = .034. Moreover, the questionnaire is sufficiently brief so that it can be used in both clinical and research contexts.
Welsch
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Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and University of Wisconsin--Madison, 53706, USA. skw@ctri.medicine.wisc.edu
Smith
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SS
Wetter
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Jorenby
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Fiore
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Baker
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TB
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires