A5022992738- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- School Health and Nursing Education
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Media Influence and Health
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Community Health and Development
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2015-2025
University of Massachusetts Boston
2023-2024
Fitchburg State University
2003-2016
Group Health Cooperative
2012
Anna Maria College
1986-1988
<h3>Objective</h3> To extend the findings of first Development and Assessment Nicotine Dependence in Youth study by using diagnostic criteria for tobacco dependence a biochemical measure nicotine intake. The found that symptoms commonly appeared soon after onset intermittent smoking. <h3>Design</h3> A 4-year prospective study. <h3>Setting</h3> Public schools 6 Massachusetts communities. <h3>Participants</h3> cohort 1246 sixth-grade students. <h3>Interventions</h3> Eleven interviews. <h3>Main...
The purpose of this work was to identify characteristics that predict progression from the first inhalation a cigarette dependence. We studied cohort 1246 public school 6th-graders in 6 Massachusetts communities (mean age at baseline: 12.2 years).We conducted 4-year prospective study using 11 interviews. assessed 45 risk factors and measured diminished autonomy over tobacco with Hooked on Nicotine Checklist evaluated dependence according International Classification Diseases, 10th Revision....
Abstract The Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) study is a prospective cohort investigation of 1294 students recruited 1999–2000 from all grade 7 classes convenience sample 10 high schools Montreal, Canada. Its primary objectives were to the natural course and determinants cigarette smoking nicotine dependence novice smokers. main source data was self-report questionnaires administered class at school every 3 months 11 (1999–2005), for total 20 survey cycles during education. Questionnaires...
The Hooked on Nicotine Checklist (HONC) is a 10-item screening tool originally developed to assess loss of autonomy over tobacco in adolescent smokers. A smoker' endorsement any item indicates some autonomy, and the sum endorsed items degree which has been lost. This study extends HONC adult Self-administered questionnaires were completed by convenience sample 1,102 adults who recruited their natural environments while observed smoking. Subjects mostly experienced smokers consumed mean 17.5...
Our goal was to create an instrument that can be used study how smokers lose autonomy over smoking and regain it after quitting. The Autonomy Over Smoking Scale produced through a process involving item generation, focus-group evaluation, testing in adults winnow items, field with adolescents, head-to-head comparisons other measures. final 12-item scale shows excellent reliability (alphas = .91-.97), one-factor solution explaining 59% of the variance 61%-74% adolescents. Concurrent validity...
Objective: To describe short term patterns of smoking acquisition exhibited by adolescent smokers. Design: Interview records from the prospective development and assessment nicotine dependence in youth study were examined retrospectively. Interviews conducted three times per year over 30 months. Subjects: 164 students grades 7–9 (ages 12–15 years, 86 girls, 78 boys) who had used cigarettes at least twice. Main outcome measures: A continuous timeline activity, beginning with subject’s first...
Journal Article A comparison of the Hooked on Nicotine Checklist and Fagerström Test for Dependence in Adult Smokers Get access Robert J. Wellman, Ph.D., Ph.D. Department Family Medicine Community Health, University Massachusetts Medical SchoolWorcester, MA1Behavioral Sciences Department, Fitchburg State CollegeFitchburg, MA Correspondence: School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, 01655, USA. Tel: +1 (508) 334-4116; Fax: 856-1212; E-mail: robert.wellman@umassmed.edu Search other works by...
Two surveys assessing attitudes toward and beliefs about suicide were conducted with undergraduates. There 473 participants in Survey I 692 II. Sex differences found participants' receptivity to suicidal individuals, the behavior of peers, concerning worth people, incidence adolescent suicide, morality suicide. was no sex difference own frequency or seriousness ideation attempts. Results are discussed terms hypotheses traditional socialization males females, resulting sex-role...
Addicted smokers experience nicotine withdrawal anytime they go too long without smoking. Withdrawal presents as a continuum of symptoms escalating severity described by "wanting," then "craving," and eventually "needing" to smoke. These may be followed irritability, impatience, moodiness, difficulty concentrating, restlessness, sleep disturbances. This spectrum intensifying creates compulsion smoke that makes quitting difficult. The is the core feature addiction accounting for its clinical...
Background Binge drinking occurs frequently among young adults, posing risks to health and safety. Little is known, however, about which drinkers continue binge later into adulthood. We sought identify predictors of sustained behaviors in Methods Participants from the Nicotine Dependence Teens ( NDIT ) cohort n = 609, 53% female) completed self‐report questionnaires 20 survey cycles SC s) during secondary school between 1999 2005, 2 postsecondary s 2007 2008 21; M age years) 2011 2012 22; 24...