Investigating the factor structure of the Questionnaire on Smoking Urges-Brief (QSU-Brief)

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1231-1239

  Toll, Benjamin A ^a   Katulak, Nicole A ^b   McKee, Sherry A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Psychometric properties; Smoking; Tobacco; Urge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE ON SMOKING URGES BRIEF; RELIABILITY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 33745204418     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.09.008     Document Type: Article

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