Using an item response model to examine the nicotine dependence construct as characterized by the HONC and the mFTQ among adolescent smokers

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 880-894

  MacPherson, Laura ^a   Strong, David R ^b   Myers, Mark G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Item response modeling; Nicotine dependence symptoms; Symptoms expression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOOKED ON NICOTINE CHECKLIST; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MODIFIED FAGERSTROM QUESTIONNAIRE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 42749084240     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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