Using MIMIC models to examine the relationship between current smoking and early smoking experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The present study expands previous research on early experiences with tobacco by using a Multiple Indicator Multiple Causes (MIMIC) model, which permits combining indicators tapping into pleasant experiences into one latent construct and those indicators of unpleasant experiences into another latent construct.

Methods

A sample of 458 participants was recruited via newspaper advertisements. Response to early experimentation with cigarettes was assessed using the Early Smoking Experiences questionnaire, in which participants were asked the following question: "The first time you tried cigarettes, did you experience any of the following? (pleasurable and displeasurable sensations [overall], pleasurable rush or buzz, dizziness, relaxation, nausea, cough, difficulty

SUBMITTER: Rios-Bedoya CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2725005 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature