This application requests support to conduct research using an innovative integrative data analysis (IDA) method to pool three independent, national level data sets and to use newly developed statistical methods to evaluate DSM-IV symptoms in recent onset smokers with varying levels of current smoking exposure in order to develop a novel measure of ND symptoms that is optimally valid and reliable for this understudied population. For some, symptoms of nicotine dependence (ND) emerge soon after smoking initiation, at low levels of smoking, and before daily smoking. These early emerging symptoms are related to future smoking after controlling for current levels of exposure. Careful measurement of this construct among novice smokers across the continuum of non-daily and daily smoking levels is vital for gaining a better understanding of ND. This work has been severely impeded by the fact that existing studies of adolescent and young adult smoking behavior provide small sample sizes that prohibit careful examination of the psychometric properties of ND symptoms across the full range of smoking experiences. IDA will be used to overcome these limitations by pooling data from the 1999 and 2000 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and from the Wave 1 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). The pooled data will be used to evaluate differences in DSM-IV ND symptom properties in individuals aged 12-25 who began smoking within the past two years and who represent the full continuum of smoking exposure. The following aims will be addressed: 1) Evaluate psychometric properties of the DSM-IV nicotine dependence symptoms and assess invariance in DSM-IV dependence symptom properties across studies and across demographic subgroups;2) Determine the extent to which nicotine dependence symptom properties differ as a function of level of smoking exposure, controlling for study characteristics and other moderators such as age, gender, SES and ethnicity;and 3) Conduct a sensitivity analysis where the relation between ND and alcohol use, abuse and dependence is examined for individuals with similar levels of smoking exposure, using the empirically derived ND scores from Aims 1 and 2 and traditional ND scoring methods. A novel statistical method, moderated nonlinear factor analysis (MNLFA), will be used to conduct a rigorous psychometric assessment of the ND symptoms. Parameter estimates from the MNLFA will be used to obtain optimal ND symptom scores to be used in later regression analyses evaluating the association between alcohol use and these scores. Results will be compared to those obtained using traditional ND scoring methods.
Sub aims will provide a more rigorous test of these methods by testing the primary aims using a pooled data set that also includes the 2008 NSDUH and combines symptoms from DSM-IV and the Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale. The proposed research is expected to inform further development of a highly accurate assessment to identify recent onset smokers along the full continuum of current smoking exposure at greatest risk for continued and heavier smoking.

Public Health Relevance

This research will provide a greater understanding of the measurement of nicotine dependence symptoms in recent onset adolescent and young adult smokers with varying levels of smoking exposure. The proposed research is expected to inform further development of a brief but highly accurate assessment to identify recent onset smokers along the full continuum of current smoking exposure that are at greatest risk for continued and heavier smoking.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Type
Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21)
Project #
1R21DA029834-01A1
Application #
8114581
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-RPIA-K (09))
Program Officer
Deeds, Bethany
Project Start
2011-09-15
Project End
2013-07-31
Budget Start
2011-09-15
Budget End
2012-07-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2011
Total Cost
$248,850
Indirect Cost
Name
Wesleyan University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
145683954
City
Middletown
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06459
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Dierker, Lisa; Hedeker, Donald; Rose, Jennifer et al. (2015) Early emerging nicotine dependence symptoms in adolescence predict daily smoking in young adulthood. Drug Alcohol Depend 151:267-71
Dierker, Lisa; Rose, Jennifer; Selya, Arielle et al. (2015) Depression and nicotine dependence from adolescence to young adulthood. Addict Behav 41:124-8
Selya, Arielle S; Updegrove, Nicole; Rose, Jennifer S et al. (2015) Nicotine-dependence-varying effects of smoking events on momentary mood changes among adolescents. Addict Behav 41:65-71
Smith, Philip H; Rose, Jennifer S; Mazure, Carolyn M et al. (2014) What is the evidence for hardening in the cigarette smoking population? Trends in nicotine dependence in the U.S., 2002-2012. Drug Alcohol Depend 142:333-40
Selya, Arielle S; Dierker, Lisa C; Rose, Jennifer S et al. (2013) Time-varying effects of smoking quantity and nicotine dependence on adolescent smoking regularity. Drug Alcohol Depend 128:230-7
Rose, Jennifer S; Dierker, Lisa C; Hedeker, Donald et al. (2013) An integrated data analysis approach to investigating measurement equivalence of DSM nicotine dependence symptoms. Drug Alcohol Depend 129:25-32
Kurtz, Matthew M; Olfson, Rachel H; Rose, Jennifer (2013) Self-efficacy and functional status in schizophrenia: relationship to insight, cognition and negative symptoms. Schizophr Res 145:69-74
Rose, Jennifer S; Lee, Chien-Ti; Selya, Arielle S et al. (2012) DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence criteria characteristics for recent onset adolescent drinkers. Drug Alcohol Depend 124:88-94
Zhan, Weihai; Dierker, Lisa C; Rose, Jennifer S et al. (2012) The natural course of nicotine dependence symptoms among adolescent smokers. Nicotine Tob Res 14:1445-52

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