Adolescent Reasons for Quitting Smoking: Initial Psychometric Evaluation

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-134

  Myers, Mark G ^a,b   MacPherson, Laura ^c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; cessation motives; prospective study; psychometric evaluation; smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 40749090292     PISSN: 0893164X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0893-164X.22.1.129     Document Type: Article

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