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EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH
Volume 23, Issue 3, Pages 157-162Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000477491
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Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale; Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale-Revised; Withdrawal; Nicotine; Tobacco; Factor analysis
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Background/Aims: We run Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale (MNWS) and of the MNWS-Revised (MNWS-R). Psychometric properties were also explored. Methods: Adult Italian smokers, 366 in all, were assessed via the MNWS-R together with rating scales measuring cigarette dependence, alcohol use, anxiety sensitivity and negative affect at baseline and after 3 months. Results: The MNWS showed good psychometric properties (alpha = 0.85; rtt = 0.59) and a unidimensional factor structure. The 2-factor model of MNWS-R had the best fit and the factors were labelled psychological symptoms (alpha = 0.86; rtt = 0.59) and associated somatic features (alpha = 0.64; rtt = 0.45). Conclusions: MNWS showed 1 factor; MNWS-R showed 2 relatively dependent factors. The results need to be replicated in smokers in withdrawal. (C) 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel
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