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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2012 Mar 6;197(0):73–77. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.12.011

Table 3.

Item Level Differences in Craving of NSSI and Substances in the Full Sample (Ordered from Largest to Smallest Difference)

Items Included in Total Scale SUCQ M (SD) SICQ M (SD) Cohen’s d
5. When I am in a good mood, I often want to (use drugs/self-injure). 2.07 (1.42) 0.46 (.72) 1.46***
1. Regardless of whether I’m having a good day or a bad day, I would want to (use drugs/self-injure). 2.50 (1.36) 0.89 (1.18) 1.27***
4. I often spend time making plans about when I can (use drugs/self-injure) next. 1.80 (1.38) 0.67 (1.06) 0.93***
3. Just thinking about (using drugs/self-injury) makes me crave it. 1.90 (1.43) 0.93 (1.14) 0.76***
6. Even when things are going well, I have trouble controlling the urge to (use drugs/self-injure). 1.68 (1.40) 0.83 (1.18) 0.66**
2. There are days when my desire to (use drugs/self-injure) is all I can think about. 2.07 (1.54) 1.37 (1.60) 0.45*
7. It would be easy to pass up the chance to (use drugs/self-injure), even when I am able to. (Reverse Coded) 2.10 (1.48) 2.07 (1.54) 0.02
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001

SUCQ = Substance Use Craving Questionnaire; SICQ = Self-Injury Craving Questionnaire