Development and validation of the online social support for smokers scale

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Graham, Amanda L ^a,b   Papandonatos, George D ^c   Kang, Hakmook ^c   Moreno, Jose L ^a   Abrams, David B ^a,b,d  

^a American Legacy Foundation   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Psychometrics; Smoking cessation; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053500233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1801     Document Type: Article

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