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. 2017 Sep 7;21(2):173–179. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntx201

Table 1.

Candidate Predictors for Penalized Regression

# Name Text Measurement scale
1 Urge1 I have an urge to smoke. Strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5)
2 Urge2 I really want to smoke.
3 Urge3 I need a cigarette.
4 Affect1 I feel irritable.
5 Affect2 I feel happy.
6 Affect4 I feel frustrated/angry.
7 Affect5 I feel sad.
8 Affect6 I feel worried.
9 Affect7 I feel miserable.
10 Affect8 I feel restless.
11 Affect9 I feel stressed.
12 Affect10 I feel hostile.
13 Affect11 I feel calm.
14 Cig Avail Cigarettes are available to me. Not at all (1) to easily available (5)
15 Social1 Other people are around. Yes/no
16 Social2 I am around other people and at least one of them is smoking. Yes/no
17 Social3 Are you interacting with people? Yes/no
18 Social4 I am interacting with people and at least one of them is smoking. Yes/no
19 Restriction1 Is smoking allowed where you are? Forbidden (1) discouraged (2) allowed (3)
20 Consumption1 I ate something within the last 15 minutes. Yes/no
21 Consumption2 I drank alcohol within the last hour. Yes/no
22 Expectancies1 I am confident that I could do something OTHER THAN SMOKE to improve my mood. Strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5)
23 Expectancies2 I am confident that SMOKING would improve my mood
24 Motivation1 I am motivated to AVOID smoking.
25 Motivation2 I am committed to being smoke free.
26 Abstinence Self Efficacy1 I am confident in my ability to AVOID smoking.