Optimal scaling of the CAST and of SDS Scale in a national sample of adolescents

Bastiani, Luca; Siciliano, Valeria; Curzio, Olivia; Luppi, C; Gori, Mercedes; Grassi, Mario; Molinaro, Sabrina

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.12.016

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“…Four items referred to air quality, but also chemical products in food were perceived as a significant danger (89%). A score was developed using multivariate analysis techniques (Bastiani et al, 2013;Zanolin et al, 2007). The scaling analysis showed that the items reflected one single latent dimension (health risk perception) that explained 65.4% of their variance, and that the items were homogeneous and correlated with this underlying dimension (Cronbach's α = 0.87).…”

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A score for measuring health risk perception in environmental surveys

Marcon

Nguyen

Rava

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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A score for measuring health risk perception in environmental surveys

Marcon

Nguyen

Rava

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Each study measure described below has shown good psychometric properties in previous adolescent samples (Audrain-McGovern et al, 2004; Bastiani et al, 2013; Eaton et al, 2010; Johnston et al, 2015; Leventhal et al, 2015 in press; Martino, Grilo, & Fehon, 2000; Muris & Meesters, 2008; Pang, Farrahi, Glazier, Sussman, & Leventhal, 2015 in press; Wagner et al, 2006; White & Labouvie, 1989). Unless otherwise specified, a mean score per item composite was calculated and composites were scored such that higher scores reflect higher psychopathology.…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychiatric comorbidity in adolescent electronic and conventional cigarette use

Leventhal

Strong

Sussman

et al. 2016

Journal of Psychiatric Research

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The popularity of electronic (e-) cigarettes has greatly increased recently, particularly in adolescents. However, the extent of psychiatric comorbidity with adolescent e-cigarette use and dual use of conventional (combustible) and e-cigarettes is unknown. This study characterized psychiatric comorbidity in adolescent conventional and e-cigarette use. Ninth grade students attending high schools in Los Angeles, CA (M age=14) completed self-report measures of conventional/e-cigarette use, emotional disorders, substance use/problems, and transdiagnostic psychiatric phenotypes consistent with the NIMH-Research Domain Criteria Initiative. Outcomes were compared by lifetime use of: (1) neither conventional nor e-cigarettes (non-use; N=2557, 77.3%); (2) e-cigarettes only (N=412, 12.4%); (3) conventional cigarettes only (N=152, 4.6%); and (4) conventional and e-cigarettes (dual use; N=189, 5.6%). In comparison to adolescents who used conventional cigarettes only, e-cigarette only users reported lower levels of internalizing syndromes (depression, generalized anxiety, panic, social phobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder) and transdiagnostic phenotypes (i.e., distress intolerance, anxiety sensitivity, rash action during negative affect). Depression, panic disorder, and anhedonia were higher in e-cigarette only vs. non-users. For several externalizing outcomes (mania, rash action during positive affect, alcohol drug use/abuse) and anhedonia, an ordered pattern was observed, whereby comorbidity was lowest in non-users, moderate in single product users (conventional or e-cigarette), and highest in dual users. These findings: (1) raise question of whether emotionally-healthier (‘lower-risk’) adolescents who are not interested in conventional cigarettes are being attracted to e-cigarettes; (2) indicate that research, intervention, and policy dedicated to adolescent tobacco-psychiatric comorbidity should distinguish conventional cigarette, e-cigarette, and dual use.

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“…41 The CAST has demonstrated good psychometric properties, including good internal consistency and concurrent validity. 41, 42 …”

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Transdiagnostic processes linking anxiety symptoms and substance use problems among adolescents

Wolitzky-Taylor

McBeth

Guillot

et al. 2016

Journal of Addictive Diseases

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Background Numerous anxiety syndromes co-occur with substance use problems in adolescents, though the mechanisms underlying these comorbidities are not well understood. Three transdiagnostic processes—anxiety sensitivity (fear of anxiety-related sensations), distress tolerance (capacity to withstand emotional distress), and negative urgency (propensity to respond impulsively to negative emotion)—have been implicated in various anxiety and substance use problems. Aims To examine whether anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, and negative urgency statistically mediated relations between symptoms of three different anxiety disorders (social anxiety, generalized anxiety, and panic disorders) and alcohol and cannabis use problems. Methods Cross-sectional analysis of high school students in Los Angeles (N = 3002) assessed via paper and pencil questionnaires. Results When mediators were entered simultaneously, negative urgency accounted for a significant 33% to 85% of the covariance between anxiety symptomatology and substance use problems over and above the other trandiagnostic processes. This pattern was consistent across all three anxiety syndromes and both alcohol and cannabis problems. Anxiety sensitivity and distress tolerance did not account for positive associations between anxiety symptoms and substance use problems. Discussion Negative urgency may be an important mechanism underlying the relationship between various types of anxiety and substance use problems in adolescence, and thus represents a possible target for preventive interventions targeting adolescent anxiety and substance use.

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Optimal scaling of the CAST and of SDS Scale in a national sample of adolescents

Cited by 33 publications

References 34 publications

A score for measuring health risk perception in environmental surveys

A score for measuring health risk perception in environmental surveys

Psychiatric comorbidity in adolescent electronic and conventional cigarette use

Transdiagnostic processes linking anxiety symptoms and substance use problems among adolescents

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