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. 2010 Mar 15;12(5):489–499. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntq032

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for the smoker samples

Measure Wisconsin Behavioral Health Survey (N = 366) Bupropion–Gum Clinical Trial (N = 608) Break-Free Clinical Trial (N = 393)
% Female 63.7 57.9 50.9
% White/Caucasian 86.3 75.9 0
% Black 10.4 22.1 100
% High school (HS) or post-HS 93.4 90.7 82.2
% Married or member of a couple 50.8 56.1 41.4
Mean (SD)
Age 46.2 (12.9) 41.7 (11.3) 42.4 (9.7)
Cigarettes per day 17.1 (10.8) 22.4 (9.8) 20.6 (12.2)
FTND scorea 3.6 (2.3) 5.6 (2.1)
WISDM Affiliative Attachment (strong emotional attachment to smoking) 3.1 (1.8) 3.0 (1.6) 3.8 (1.9)
WISDM Automaticity (smoking without awareness or intention) 4.2 (1.8) 4.7 (1.7) 4.6 (1.7)
WISDM Loss of Control (loss of volitional control over smoking) 4.3 (1.7) 5.2 (1.4) 4.7 (1.6)
WISDM Behavioral Choice/Melioration (smoking despite constraints on/negative consequences of smoking and/or lack of other reinforcers) 3.5 (1.5) 3.2 (1.3) 3.8 (1.7)
WISDM Cognitive Enhancement (smoking to improve cognitive functioning) 3.2 (1.7) 3.2 (1.6) 3.9 (1.8)
WISDM Craving (intense frequent urges to smoke) 4.4 (1.6) 4.9 (1.3) 5.0 (1.6)
WISDM Cue Exposure/Associative Processes (associative strength of cues to elicit smoking motivation) 4.4 (1.4) 4.6 (1.3) 4.7 (1.4)
WISDM Negative Reinforcement (smoking to ameliorate negative internal states) 4.1 (1.5) 4.1 (1.4) 4.7 (1.6)
WISDM Positive Reinforcement (smoking for pleasure or to enhance positive feelings or experience 3.8 (1.5) 3.6 (1.5) 4.2 (1.7)
WISDM Social/Environmental Goads (potency of social stimuli or contexts in increasing smoking motivation) 3.8 (2.0) 3.8 (1.9) 4.5 (2.0)
WISDM Taste/Sensory Properties (smoking for orosensory or gustatory effects) 4.3 (1.5) 4.2 (1.5) 4.7 (1.7)
WISDM Tolerance (need to smoke increasing amounts to get desired effect; ability to smoke heavily without toxicity) 4.2 (1.8) 5.1 (1.3) 5.2 (1.5)
WISDM Weight Control 3.0 (1.9) 2.9 (1.7) 3.3 (1.8)
WISDM Primary Dependence Motives Scaleb 4.3 (1.5) 5.0 (1.2) 4.9 (1.4)
WISDM Secondary Dependence Motives Scalec 3.7 (1.1) 3.6 (1.1) 4.2 (1.4)
WISDM total scored 50.4 (15.1) 52.4 (13.0) 57.1 (17.2)

Note. aFTND = Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (Heatherton et al., 1991).

b

Primary Dependence Motives scale = mean of Automaticity, Loss of Control, Craving, and Tolerance.

c

Secondary Dependence Motives scale = mean of Affiliative Attachment, Behavioral Choice/Melioration, Cognitive Enhancement, Cue Exposure/Associative Processes, Affective Enhancement, Social/Environmental Goads, Taste, and Weight Control.

d

WISDM total score = mean of 13 WISDM subscale scores.