title: Construct validity analysis of the early smoking experience questionnaire for adolescents.
abstract: Analysis was undertaken to assess the construct validity of a measure of early smoking experience with a sample of adolescent smokers who had ever tried smoking. The results of this study support a two-factor structure of early smoking experience as well as the assertion that initial smoking experience can be characterized by both unpleasant and pleasant sensations. A cross-structure analysis with related and unrelated constructs supports the convergent and discriminant validity of the measure for an adolescent population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 4100, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. drodrig2@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Audrain-McGovern
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires