TY - JOUR
T1 - Examination of a brief smoking consequences questionnaire for college students
AU - Schleicher, Holly E.
AU - Harris, Kari Jo
AU - Catley, Delwyn
AU - Harrar, Solomon W.
AU - Golbeck, Amanda L.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - This study examined the factor structure of a brief version of the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (SCQ-A) among 315 college freshman and sophomore smokers. A comparison of results from two confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that a nine-factor model provided superior fit to a four-factor model. Furthermore, results revealed a lack of factorial invariance of factor loadings for daily and nondaily smokers, and of latent mean structures for smoking category and gender. In addition, concurrent validity tests demonstrated that positive expectancies increased with smoking rate and nicotine dependence. These results and their implications are discussed.
AB - This study examined the factor structure of a brief version of the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (SCQ-A) among 315 college freshman and sophomore smokers. A comparison of results from two confirmatory factor analyses demonstrated that a nine-factor model provided superior fit to a four-factor model. Furthermore, results revealed a lack of factorial invariance of factor loadings for daily and nondaily smokers, and of latent mean structures for smoking category and gender. In addition, concurrent validity tests demonstrated that positive expectancies increased with smoking rate and nicotine dependence. These results and their implications are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/14622200802323175
DO - 10.1080/14622200802323175
M3 - Article
C2 - 19023842
AN - SCOPUS:57049123785
SN - 1462-2203
VL - 10
SP - 1503
EP - 1509
JO - Nicotine and Tobacco Research
JF - Nicotine and Tobacco Research
IS - 9
ER -
