TY - JOUR
T1 - The nicotine withdrawal assessment for youth
T2 - Initial instrument validation and psychometric properties
AU - Goldfine, Matthew E.
AU - Branstetter, Steven A.
AU - Horn, Kimberly A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this work was provided by West Virginia University's Department of Psychology Dissertation Alumni Fund Research Award , Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Doctoral Student Research Award , and Department of Community Medicine Translational Tobacco Reduction Research Program Dissertation Award . Funding sponsors had no role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscripts, or the decision to submit the paper for publication.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Within the field of adolescent tobacco use, there does not exist a consistently used and validated measure of adolescent nicotine withdrawal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Nicotine Withdrawal Assessment for Youth (N-WAY), a new measure of adolescent nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Smokers and nonsmokers, ranging from 13 to 19. years old, were administered the N-WAY and other smoking information questionnaires in order to examine its reliability and validity. The N-WAY demonstrated satisfactory test-retest reliability (r= 0.74-88) and internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.90-0.92). Its total symptom score accurately discriminated current smokers from nonsmokers. The N-WAY was demonstrated to measure a construct different than nicotine dependence symptoms while correlates of nicotine withdrawal symptoms, such as number of daily cigarettes smoked and prior quit attempts, accurately predicted total N-WAY symptom and impact scores. Preliminary results indicate the N-WAY is a reliable and valid assessment of adolescent nicotine withdrawal symptoms among current smokers.
AB - Within the field of adolescent tobacco use, there does not exist a consistently used and validated measure of adolescent nicotine withdrawal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Nicotine Withdrawal Assessment for Youth (N-WAY), a new measure of adolescent nicotine withdrawal symptoms. Smokers and nonsmokers, ranging from 13 to 19. years old, were administered the N-WAY and other smoking information questionnaires in order to examine its reliability and validity. The N-WAY demonstrated satisfactory test-retest reliability (r= 0.74-88) and internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.90-0.92). Its total symptom score accurately discriminated current smokers from nonsmokers. The N-WAY was demonstrated to measure a construct different than nicotine dependence symptoms while correlates of nicotine withdrawal symptoms, such as number of daily cigarettes smoked and prior quit attempts, accurately predicted total N-WAY symptom and impact scores. Preliminary results indicate the N-WAY is a reliable and valid assessment of adolescent nicotine withdrawal symptoms among current smokers.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.01.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 22289185
AN - SCOPUS:84857064294
VL - 37
SP - 580
EP - 582
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
SN - 0306-4603
IS - 4
ER -
