Cross-cultural validation of a smoking abstinence self-efficacy scale in Korean American men.
The main purpose of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of a Smoking Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale with Korean men in the US. The scale was modified to reflect the Korean cultural practice of smoking behavior and was cross-culturally validated with a panel of 10 professionals. An 11-item Korean version of the scale was administered twice over a one-month period. Data were analyzed for internal consistency reliability, stability, and construct validity. After the deletion of one item, an exploratory factor analysis yielded two factors, which explained 62% of the variance. Internal consistency was satisfactory for the total scale (.89), Factor I (.88), and Factor II (.80) but intraclass correlation coefficient for the total scale (.57) was low. Nicotine dependence and nicotine withdrawal showed modest but statistically significant correlations with the scale.
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Sun S
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA. sun.kim@umassmed.edu
Kim
Seong-Ho
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Gulick
Elsie E
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D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020377:Self Efficacy; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult