Confirmatory factor analysis of the Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale in an American college sample of light smokers

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 811-819

  Costello, Darcé ^a   Dierker, Lisa ^a   Sledjeski, Eve ^a   Flaherty, Brian ^b   Flay, Brian ^c   Shiffman, Saul ^d  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SMOKING HABIT; STANDARDIZATION; STEREOTYPY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; STUDENTS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34547583586     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14622200701484979     Document Type: Article

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