Scales of Smoking-Related Self-Efficacy, Beliefs, and Intention: Assessing Measurement Invariance among Intermittent and Daily High School Smokers

Abstract

These measures may be used to capture and compare scores on self-efficacy to resist smoking, beliefs about benefits of smoking, and intention to smoke between daily and intermittent adolescent smokers.

Electronic cigarette use and its association with smoking in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents

“…Students were asked to selected their smoking status which was categorized as never smokers (even 1 puff), experimenters (ever smoked once or a few times), former smokers (smoked but quit) and current smokers (currently smoke non-daily or daily). Students reported whether they would smoke in the next 12 months, and when cigarettes were offered by one of their good friends in 2 separate items each with 4 response options of "definitely not", "probably not", "probably yes" and "definitely yes" (Sterling, Ford, Park, & McAlister, 2014). Those who chose "definitely not" for both questions were regarded as having no intention to smoke and otherwise as having an intention to smoke.…”

Measurement invariance of alcohol instruments with Hispanic youth

“…Despite a history of extreme response styles and acquiescence observed among Hispanic adults (Marin, Gamba, & Marin, 1992), recent studies with Hispanic youth have not found the same pattern of differential response across numerous factors (e.g., externalizing, family functioning; Feaster et al, 2010; familism, parental respect; Miles et al, 2012; self-efficacy, beliefs, intentions; Sterling et al, 2013). Our results of measurement invariance across high-risk, substance-using Hispanic and Caucasian youth were consistent with this emerging work.…”

“…While some have found that items do not function equivalently for race/ethnic minority individuals (Dawson, Sotelo, Roesch, & Klonoff, in press; Northrup, Malone, Follingstad, & Stotts, 2013), other evaluations of substance use and associated variables (e.g., familism, parental respect) have found evidence of measurement invariance (Feaster et al, 2010; Miles et al, 2012; Sterling, Ford, Park, & McAlister, 2013). Thus, we explored whether measures for key constructs associated with adolescent alcohol use (motivation to change, resistance self-efficacy, peer norms, problem drinking) functioned equivalently for this critical target population of Hispanic and Caucasian youth.…”

High Self-efficacy Predicts Adherence to Surveillance Colonoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

“…In other non-IBD studies, perceived SE has been shown to affect physical, psychological, and social functioning in patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis, and diabetes. [20][21][22] High SE has been linked to success in health screening for breast cancer, 23 decreasing fear of childbirth and decreasing preference for cesarean section, 24 smoking cessation, 25 and prevention of eating disorders in adolescents. 26 Because the first study to develop an SE scale specifically targeted towards patients with IBD who require surveillance colonoscopies, the strengths of our study are the high number of patients enrolled, the high response rates to the questionnaires, and the extensive analysis of all the interrelated questions and responses.…”