The Smoking Consequences Questionnaire: Factor structure and predictive validity among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Much of the existing research on smoking outcome expectancies has been guided by the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire (SCQ ). Although the original version of the SCQ has been modified over time for use in different populations, none of the existing versions have been evaluated for use among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers in the United States.

Methods

The present study evaluated the factor structure and predictive validity of the 3 previously validated versions of the SCQ--the original, the SCQ-Adult, and the SCQ-Spanish, which was developed with Spanish-speaking smokers in Spain--among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers in Texas.

Results

The SCQ-Spanish represented the least complex solution. Each of the SCQ-Spanish scales had good internal consistency,

SUBMITTER: Vidrine JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2762927 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature