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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Adolescent Health
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Understanding adolescent smoking behavior is crucial for developing effective prevention and intervention strategies.
  • Smoking outcome expectancies, or beliefs about the effects of smoking, play a significant role in smoking initiation and maintenance.
  • Brief measures are needed to efficiently assess these expectancies in large populations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the construct validity of the short form of the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire (SCQ-SF).
  • To examine the factor structure of smoking outcome expectancies in a large adolescent sample.
  • To investigate the associations between demographic and psychosocial factors (gender, smoking status, sensation-seeking) and smoking outcome expectancies.

Main Methods:

  • A large sample of adolescents (N = 953) completed the SCQ-SF.
  • Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the proposed four-factor structure.
  • Correlational analyses examined the relationships between demographic/psychosocial variables and the expectancy factors.

Main Results:

  • The study supported a robust four-factor structure for smoking outcome expectancies: negative consequences, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, and appetite-weight control.
  • Gender, current smoking status, and sensation-seeking propensity demonstrated distinct patterns of association with each of the four expectancy factors.
  • These findings provide evidence for the SCQ-SF as a valid and reliable measure in adolescents.

Conclusions:

  • The SCQ-SF effectively measures four key dimensions of smoking outcome expectancies in adolescents.
  • Understanding these dimensions and their relationship with individual differences is vital for targeted smoking cessation and prevention efforts.
  • The study highlights the importance of considering gender, smoking status, and sensation-seeking when addressing adolescent smoking behavior.