ArticleAddictive behaviors2019
Development and psychometric validation of a novel measure of sensory expectancies associated with E-cigarette use.
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The Effect of Flavor and Nicotine Strength on the Abuse Liability and Appeal of Oral Nicotine Products
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Instruments to measure e-cigarette related constructs: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- The effect of "ice" components in sweet-flavored nicotine-containing e-liquids among young adult e-cigarette users.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2025Trial
- What is the Addictive Potential from Vaping?Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2026Article
- Psychological and behavioral profiles of combustible vs. e-cigarette users: a narrative review of the implications for tailored non-pharmacological cessation interventions.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- An observational human laboratory assessment of nicotine delivery, vaping topography and subjective effects of usual brand electronic cigarette use among young adults.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Observational
- Pleasure and Satisfaction as Predictors of Future Cigarette and E-cigarette Use: A Novel Two-Stage Modeling Approach.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Observational
- Nicotine Vaping Expectancies: Organization and Activation in Memory Based on Vaping Use Patterns.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2024Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the sensory e-cigarette expectancies scale for use with adolescents.Addictive behaviors · 2024Article
- Sex Differences in E-Cigarette Use and Related Health Effects.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Predictors of Discontinued E-Cigarette Use at One-Year Follow-Up in a Sample of Young Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Predictors of electronic cigarette dependence among non-smoking electronic cigarette users: User behavior and device characteristics.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Short-Form Vaping Consequences Questionnaire for Use With High School Adolescents Who Use and Do Not Use E-cigarettes.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2022Article
- Device features and user behaviors as predictors of dependence among never-smoking electronic cigarette users: PATH Wave 4.Addictive behaviors · 2022Article
- Validation of the Electronic Cigarette Expectancy Scale for Adolescents.Substance use & misuse · 2022Article
- Electronic Cigarette Use Among Youth: Understanding Unique Risks in a Vulnerable Population.Current addiction reports · 2020Article
- "I cannot live without my vape": Electronic cigarette user-identified indicators of vaping dependence.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Article
- From tobacco-endgame strategizing to Red Queen's race: The case of non-combustible tobacco products.Addictive behaviors · 2019Article
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- E-Cigarette Outcome Expectancies among Nationally Representative Samples of Adolescents and Young Adults.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
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Abstract
introductionE-cigarette dependence measures largely focus on e-cigarette use ("vaping") that is linked to nicotine use, and measures assessing sensory aspects of vaping that may influence use (e.g., taste) are limited in scope. Thus, we developed the novel Sensory E-cigarette Expectancies Scale (SEES).
methodsIn Summer 2017, 610 adult e-cigarette users (48.7% male, 84.9% White, 37.41[±12.15] years old) completed an online survey that included 23 SEES items. Psychometric analyses included evaluating latent structure, internal consistency, measurement invariance, mean differences, and test-criterion relationships.
resultsFactor analyses supported a 9-item, 3-subscale structure (taste/smell, pleasure/satisfaction, vapor cloud production). Subscales evidenced internal consistency and scalar invariance by sex, race, smoking status (current/not), vaping status (daily/not), e-liquid nicotine content (yes/no), and device type (cig-a-likes/vape-pens/Advanced Personal Vaporizers [APVs]/Mods). Women and daily e-cigarette users reported stronger SEEs for taste/smell and pleasure than their counterparts. Non-white participants reported stronger SEEs for cloud production than White participants. Cig-a-like users reported the weakest SEEs for taste/smell and weaker SEEs linked to cloud production than APV/mod users. SEES scores evidenced convergence with nicotine dependence (mean r = .36). Finally, SEES scores predicted vaping frequency and habitual vaping concurrently and incrementally beyond nicotine dependence.
conclusionsThe SEES evidenced good psychometric properties, suggesting that the measure can be used to assess sensory vaping expectancies in adults. Importantly, SEES scores indicated that sensory expectancies are related, yet distinct, from nicotine dependence. Future research should evaluate how SEEs relate to product characteristic preferences and patterns of vaping including the development and maintenance of addiction.
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