Development and Validation of the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale

The accurate assessment of nicotine withdrawal is important theoretically and clinically. A 28-item scale, the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale, was developed that contains 7 reliable subscales tapping the major symptom elements of the nicotine withdrawal syndrome. Coefficients alpha for the subsc...

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Published in:	Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 354 - 361
Main Authors:	Welsch, Samuel K, Smith, Stevens S, Wetter, David W, Jorenby, Douglas E, Fiore, Micael C, Baker, Timothy B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Psychological Association 01-11-1999
Subjects:	Adult Aged Double-Blind Method Factor Analysis, Statistical Female Human Humans Male Measurement Middle Aged Nicotine Withdrawal Predictive Value of Tests Psychological Tests - standards Reproducibility of Results Smoking Cessation - psychology Substance Withdrawal Syndrome - psychology Surveys and Questionnaires Test Construction Test Validity Tobacco Smoking
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Summary:	The accurate assessment of nicotine withdrawal is important theoretically and clinically. A 28-item scale, the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale, was developed that contains 7 reliable subscales tapping the major symptom elements of the nicotine withdrawal syndrome. Coefficients alpha for the subscales range from .75 to .93. This scale is sensitive to smoking withdrawal, is predictive of smoking cessation outcomes, and yields data that conform to a 7-factor structure. The 7 scales predicted intratreatment smoking, χ 2 (7, N = 163) = 15.19, p = .034. Moreover, the questionnaire is sufficiently brief so that it can be used in both clinical and research contexts.
ISSN:	1064-1297 1936-2293
DOI:	10.1037/1064-1297.7.4.354