The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence: Do revisions in the item scoring enhance the psychometric properties?

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1757-1763

  Korte, Kristina J ^a   Capron, Daniel W ^a   Zvolensky, Michael ^b   Schmidt, Norman B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fagerstr m Test for Nicotine Dependence; FTND; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY; DECISION MAKING; FAGERSTROM TEST; HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871070206     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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