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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Apr 15;67(8):699–701. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.02.014

Table 1.

Predictive Validity of Affect Measures in Smoking Cessation Trials

Affect Measure Findings Reference
Positive & Negative Affect Scale Post-cessation increases in NA and decreases in PA predicted relapse (12)
Positive & Negative Affect Scale Post-cessation increases in NA predicted relapse; PA not significant (17)
Mood Adjectives from Circumplex Model Rapid post-cessation increases in NA predicted relapse (4)
Positive Affect: 5-item positive adjectives scale Negative Affect: Profile of Mood States (POMS) and 4-item Distress Measure Greater post-cessation declines in PA predicted relapse No association of POMS measure with relapse Increases in distress scale predicted relapse (18)
Positive & Negative Affect Scale Post-cessation increases in NA predicted relapse (19)
Profile of Mood States Large increases in NA on quit day predicted early relapse (2)
Profile of Mood States State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) - State subscale Greater increase in NA predicted smoking at follow-up among those with-out a history of depression No association of STAI-State subscale with abstinence (20)

Note: NA = Negative Affect; PA = Positive Affect.