Wisconsin Index of Smoking Dependence Motives (WISDM)

The Wisconsin Index of Smoking Dependence Motives (WISDM) is comprised of 68 items designed to assess 13 different motivational domains: affiliative attachment, automaticity, loss of control, behavioral choice/melioration, cognitive enhancement, craving, cue exposure/associative processes, negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement, social/environmental goads, taste/sensory properties, tolerance, and weight control.  The alpha coefficients for the whole scale range from .98-.99, and the individual subscales range from .88-.96.

Item Coding

The WISDM consists of 68 items that are rated on a 7-point Likert scale as follows:

 

Not true of me at all

 

 

 

 

 

Extremely true of me

1

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3

4

5

6

7

 

Scales

The WISDM yields # primary scales.  Description of the scales and item loadings are listed below.  Scale scores are calculated as the sum of respective items.  No items are reverse scored.

 

Scale Name (Abbr.)

Description

Item loadings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource Files

References

None as of yet - validation in progress.

Created by Jacky Diaz

Updated on 4-12-02