Development and initial validation of the white bear suppression inventory (smoking version)

Nicotine and Tobacco Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1155-1160

  Nosen, Elizabeth ^a   Woody, Sheila R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; WHITE BEAR SUPPRESSION INVENTORY SMOKING VERSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; THINKING; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THINKING; TOBACCO USE DISORDER;

EID: 84877819707     PISSN: 14622203     EISSN: 1469994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ntr/nts251     Document Type: Article

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