%0 Journal Article
%T The Yale Craving Scale: development and psychometric properties
%J Drug and alcohol dependence
%D 2015
%A Rojewski, Alana M.
%A Morean, Meghan E.
%A Toll, Benjamin A.
%A McKee, Sherry A.
%A Krishnan-Sarin, Suchitra
%A Green, Barry G.
%A Bartoshuk, Linda M.
%A O'Malley, Stephanie S.
%V 154
%N 
%P 158-166
%X INTRODUCTION: The current study presents a psychometric evaluation of the Yale Craving Scale (YCS), a novel measure of craving for cigarettes and alcohol, respectively. The YCS is the first craving measure to use a generalized Labeled Magnitude Scale (gLMS) as the scoring format, which facilitates between-group comparisons of subjective craving and eliminates ceiling effects by assessing the full range of imaginable sensation intensities. <br><br>METHODS: Psychometric evaluations of the YCS for use with cigarettes (YCS Smoking) and alcohol (YCS Drinking) included assessments of latent factor structure, internal consistency, ceiling effects, and test-criterion relationships. Study samples included 493 treatment-seeking smokers and 213 heavy drinkers. <br><br>RESULTS: Factor analyses of the 5-item YCS Smoking and Drinking scores confirmed a 1-factor scale. The YCS Smoking and Drinking scores evidenced: (1) good internal consistency, (2) scalar measurement invariance within several subgroups (e.g., smoking/drinking status; nicotine/alcohol dependence), (3) convergent relationships with extant craving measures, and (4) concurrent relationships with smoking/drinking outcomes. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the YCS represents a psychometrically sound scale for assessing smoking and drinking urges in dependent populations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0376-8716
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.06.040