Use of a brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire for Adults (SCQ-A) in African American smokers.
Purposes of the present study were to (a) examine psychometric properties of a brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (SCQ-A) among an African American sample and (b) explore differences in smoking expectancies across levels of smoking-nicotine dependence. Four hundred eighty-four smokers attending an urban health clinic completed the brief SCQ-A. Maximum likelihood factor extraction with a varimax rotation specifying 9 factors replicated 9 factors of the original SCQ-A. Evidence for the brief SCQ-A's reliability and validity was found. Heavier and/or more dependent smokers had significantly higher scores than lighter and/or less dependent smokers on positive expectancies SCQ-A subscales. Results suggest the brief SCQ-A may be a useful alternative to the full scale SCQ-A. Results also provide evidence for the SCQ-A's validity with African American smokers.
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. sjeffries@kumc.edu
Shawn K
SK
Jeffries
Delwyn
D
Catley
Kolawole S
KS
Okuyemi
Niaman
N
Nazir
Kevin S
KS
McCarter
James E
JE
Grobe
Jasjit S
JS
Ahluwalia
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011203:Poverty; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States