Reliability and validity of a short form of the Marijuana Craving Questionnaire

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Heishman, Stephen J ^a   Evans, Rebecca J ^a   Singleton, Edward G ^b   Levin, Kenneth H ^a   Copersino, Marc L ^c   Gorelick, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b MayaTech Corporation   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Marijuana craving; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMOTIONALITY; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARIJUANA CRAVING QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 12; VALIDITY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 64849088863     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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