title: Initial Validation of the Pleasure and Health Behavior Inventory - A Measure of Motivation to Engage in Health-damaging Behavior to Overcome Deficient Pleasure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To validate the Pleasure and Health Behavior Inventory (PHBI) - a novel 7-item self-report measure of motivation to engage in addictive, health-damaging behaviors (ie, substance use, gambling, casual sex, overeating) to overcome deficient pleasure.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a cross-sectional analysis of daily cigarette smokers (N = 206), we examined the PHBI's internal consistency, factor structure, and convergent validity with smoking-related characteristics, alcohol and drug use, BMI and other factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The PHBI had adequate internal consistency and a largely unifactorial structure. The PHBI composite, which amalgamates motivation to engage in several types of unhealthy behaviors for pleasure, positively correlated with unhealthy behaviors. Individual PHBI items were associated with corresponding behavior-specific outcomes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PHBI may be useful for understanding the psychological underpinnings of health-damaging behavior.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Goldenson
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. adam.leventhal@usc.edu.
authors.forename: Adam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leventhal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D057181:Pleasure; D011594:Psychometrics; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires