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Some methodological cautions in the use of the tolerance questionnaire

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Both factor analysis and internal consistency analyses indicate that the items of the Tolerance Questionnaire do not form a unidimensional measure of an underlying construct. Implications of these findings are discussed. The importance of considering smoking rate, one of the scales' eight items, when interpreting validity correlations is emphasized.

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Preparation of this report was supported by PHS Grant Numbers HL29547 awarded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, and DA02314 awarded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Russel Glasgow for this thoughtful review of an earlier draft.

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