Preliminary findings on the development of a measure of supportive behaviors provided by support persons to help someone stop smoking

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 507-523

  Thomas, Janet L ^a   Patten, Christi A ^a   Offord, Kenneth P ^a   Decker, Paul A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Smoking cessation; Social support; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 2542600685     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOBM.0000047613.26632.f4     Document Type: Article

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