Convergent and concurrent validity of the Contemplation Ladder and URICA scales

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-306

  Amodei, Nancy ^a   Lamb, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment validity; Smoking cessation; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTEMPLATION LADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND CHANGE ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1242314703     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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