Psychometric properties of the autonomy over tobacco scale in German

European Addiction Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 76-82

  Wellman, Robert J ^a   Di Franza, J R ^a   Morgenstern, M ^b   Hanewinkel, R ^b   Isensee, B ^b   Sabiston, C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b IFT Nord   (Germany)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Assessment; Autonomy over tobacco; Dependence; Germany; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMY OVER TOBACCO SCALE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STUDENT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING;

EID: 83755182741     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334410     Document Type: Article

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