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Smoking motive factors: a review and replication
The International Journal of the Addictions
|May 1, 1980
Summary
Smoking motives are stable over time, reflecting personality traits. This study confirmed the reliability of the smoking motive model in adult male smokers over a three-year period.
Area of Science:
- Behavioral Psychology
- Addiction Research
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Emerging consensus on the number, nature, and function of smoking motives.
- Lack of large-scale studies on the stability of smoking motives and the smoking motive model's utility.
Purpose of the Study:
- To test the factorial replicability and longitudinal stability of smoking motives.
- To evaluate the smoking motive model's utility in adult male smokers.
Main Methods:
- Longitudinal study using the Horn-Waingrow Smoker Survey administered in 1973 and 1976.
- Inclusion of 20 additional items developed by Coan.
- Factor analyses conducted on data from 1,340 current and former adult male smokers.
Main Results:
- The original factor structure of smoking motives was satisfactorily replicated at both time points.
- The addition of Coan's items yielded only one new factor.
- Three-year stability coefficients ranged from .45 to .67 for both continuing and former smokers.
Conclusions:
- Smoking motives demonstrate significant longitudinal stability over a three-year period.
- The findings support the concept that smoking motives are stable reflections of underlying personality needs and traits.
- The smoking motive model is a reliable tool for understanding individual differences in smoking behavior.
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