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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 31.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Assess. 2021 Mar;33(3):255–266. doi: 10.1037/pas0000978

Table 5.

Test-Retest Correlations for the WSWS2-L Subscales, Total, and Brief Version (WSWS2-B) for Participants in the WSHS2 Sample Nicotine Patch Only Condition

Subscale Means (SD) and Test-Retest Stability
Quit Day and Post-quit Week 1 Correlation (p-value) Post-quit Weeks 4 and 12 Correlation (p-value)
Means (SDs) Test-Retest Correlation (N=193) Means (SDs) Test-Retest Correlation (N=168)
Quit Day Post-quit Week 1 Post-quit Week 4 Post-quit Week 12
Negative Affect 2.16 (1.53) 2.29 (1.58) .55 2.21 (1.57) 2.19 (1.44) .65
Hunger 2.45 (1.35) 2.70 (1.57) .64 2.65 (1.44) 2.63 (1.37) .73
Craving 4.26 (1.76) 3.94 (1.90) .61 3.60 (1.74) 3.54 (1.89) .62
Sleep 2.44 (1.43) 2.80 (1.61) .53 2.64 (1.49) 2.72 (1.43) .61
Restlessness 2.30 (1.42) 2.16 (1.38) .70 2.00 (1.33) 2.12 (1.38) .70
Concentration 2.03 (1.52) 1.90 (1.35 .62 1.83 (1.20) 2.03 (1.38) .60
WSWS2-L Total 2.59 (1.10) 2.61 (1.20) .72 2.47 (1.13) 2.52 (1.16) .74
WSWS2-B 2.56 (1.15) 2.60 (1.29) .68 2.45 (1.17) 2.49 (1.25) .73

Note. WSWS2-L = 19-item Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale 2. WSWS2-B = 6-item Brief Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale 2. All test-retest correlations p<.0001.