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Assessment of smoking behavior.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|January 1, 1979
Summary
Assessing smoking behavior requires evaluating smoking rate, substance, and consumption topography. Current research often neglects these broader measures and reliability checks, impacting accurate smoking risk assessment.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Science
- Addiction Research
- Public Health
Background:
- Smoking risk assessment traditionally focuses on smoking rate.
- Comprehensive evaluation requires assessing substance used and consumption topography.
- Various self-report, observational, and indirect techniques exist for assessment.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review procedures for assessing smoking behavior.
- To evaluate recent smoking research for measurement reliability and use of multiple measures.
- To discuss implications of current assessment practices.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of smoking behavior assessment procedures.
- Analysis of data-based smoking research published between 1975 and mid-1978 in four key journals.
- Examination of measurement reliability and the utilization of multiple assessment measures.
Main Results:
- A predominant focus on assessing only the smoking rate.
- Limited use of multiple measures for comprehensive smoking behavior assessment.
- Infrequent checks for measurement reliability, particularly during baseline and treatment phases.
Conclusions:
- Current smoking research frequently employs incomplete assessment methods.
- Inadequate reliability checks compromise the validity of smoking behavior research findings.
- Improved assessment strategies are needed for accurate smoking risk evaluation.