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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2009 Mar 25;34(6-7):536–541. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.03.022

Table 1.

Absolute, Cue-Elicited Subjective and Physiological Craving as Predictors of Smoking Behavior a

B Std. Error 95% CI for B β p
Subjective Craving
Smoking on Day of Cue Reactivity Assessment
 In Vivo Smoking Cue
  QSU 1 1.0 .7 −0.4 – 2.4 .16 .2
  QSU Factor 1 1.3 .8 −0.3 – 2.9 .19 .1
  QSU Factor 2 .5 .6 −0.6 – 1.7 .1 .3
 Stressful Imagery Cue
  QSU 1.0 .8 −0.5 – 2.6 .15 .2
  QSU Factor 1 1.6 .8 0.1 – 3.1 .24 .04
  QSU Factor 2 .2 .6 −1.0 – 1.4 .04 .7
Smoking During Week Following Cue Reactivity Assessment
 In Vivo Smoking Cue
  QSU 1.2 .6 0.0 – 2.5 .23 .05
  QSU Factor 1 1.1 .7 −0.3 – 2.4 .18 .1
  QSU Factor 2 .9 .5 0.0 – 1.9 .2 .055
 Stressful Imagery Cue
  QSU 1.7 .7 0.3 – 3.0 .29 .02
  QSU Factor 1 1.6 .7 0.2 – 2.8 .26 .03
  QSU Factor 2 1.0 .5 0.0 – 2.1 .23 .05
Physiological Craving 2
Smoking on Day of Cue Reactivity Assessment
 In Vivo Smoking Cue
  Heart Rate .2 .1 −0.1 – 0.4 .17 .2
  Skin Conductance 0 .001 −0.004 – .002 −0.1 .4
 Stressful Imagery Cue
  Heart Rate .3 .1 .03 – .57 .26 .03
  Skin Conductance 0 .003 −0.008 – .006 −0.04 .8
Smoking During Week Following Cue Reactivity Assessment
 In Vivo Smoking Cue
  Heart Rate .1 .1 −0.13 – .24 .08 .5
  Skin Conductance 0 .001 −.004 – .001 −.13 .3
 Stressful Imagery Cue
  Heart Rate .3 .1 0.03 – .5 .27 .03
  Skin Conductance 0 .003 −.01 – .01 −.06 .6
a

All analyses control for presentation order of cues

1

QSU – Questionnaire on Smoking Urges, Brief

2

Physiological measures defined as percentage change from prior to cue exposure vs. peak value during cue exposure