Dimensionality of DSM-IV nicotine dependence in a national sample: An item response theory application

• Published in: Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 108; no. 1; pp. 21 - 28
• Main Authors: Saha, Tulshi D, Compton, Wilson M, Pulay, Attila J, Stinson, Frederick S, Ruan, W. June, Smith, Sharon M, Grant, Bridget F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.04.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Age Factors; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Consumption; Drug addiction; Drug dependency; DSM-V revision; Ethnic Groups; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Item response theory; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Models, Statistical; Nicotine; Nicotine dependence; Nicotine use criterion; Psychiatric assessment; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Severity; Sex Factors; Smoking; Smoking - psychology; Socioeconomic Factors; Tobacco smoking; Tobacco Use Disorder - epidemiology; Tobacco Use Disorder - psychology; Tobacco, tobacco smoking; Toxicology; United States - epidemiology; United States; DSM-V revision; Nicotine use criterion; Item response theory; Psychiatric assessment; Nicotine dependence; Human; Drug addiction; Sample; Use; Tobacco smoking; Alkaloid; Addiction; Revision; Criterion; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V; Dependence; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV; Application; Psychiatry; Nicotine

Abstract Background Research focusing on the development of a dimensional representation of DSM-IV nicotine dependence is scarce and prior research has not assessed the role of nicotine use criteria in that a dimensional representation, nor the invariance of the DSM-IV nicotine dependence criteria a...