title: Development and psychometric properties of a short situational urge to smoke scale (SUS) for smoking adolescents.
abstract: As urges are associated with positive-social, negative-affective, and habitual situations, we developed a sound scale to assess urges in these situations. In Northeastern Germany in 2005/2006, a sample of 1,093 smoking adolescents from 7th to 10th grade, aged 12-18 years, was used. Reliability analysis and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were applied. A three-factorial structure of the final situational urge to smoke scale (SUS) was found. Internal consistency of the scale was high (α = .89). The SUS is a new internally consistent scale that assesses the urge to smoke in adolescents. Further research needs to examine its predictive validity. The study's limitations are noted.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Greifswald, Germany. deniz.tagmat@uni-greifswald.de
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tagmat
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schumann
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: Jochen René
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Thyrian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment