Use of a Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire for Adults (SCQ-A) in African American Smokers.

Abstract

Purposes of the present study were to (a) examine psychometric properties of a brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (SCQ-A) among an African American sample and (b) explore differences in smoking expectancies across levels of smoking-nicotine dependence. Four hundred eighty-four smokers attending an urban health clinic completed the brief SCQ-A. Maximum likelihood factor extraction with a varimax rotation specifying 9 factors replicated 9 factors of the original SCQ-A. Evidence for the brief SCQ-A's reliability and validity was found. Heavier and/or more dependent smokers had significantly higher scores than lighter and/or less dependent smokers on positive expectancies SCQ-A subscales. Results suggest the brief SCQ-A may be a useful alternative to the full scale SCQ-A. Results also provide evidence for the SCQ-A's validity with African American smokers.

Examining the relationships between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, positive smoking outcome expectancies, and cigarette smoking in people with substance use disorders: A multiple mediator model

“…Consenting participants completed a packet of measures including the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS: Foa, Cashman, Jaycox, & Perry, 1997), the Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire for Adults (Jeffries et al, 2004), a question asking about typical daily cigarette consumption (Shadel & Shiffman, 2005), and the Cigarette Dependence Scale (CDS: Etter, Le Houezec, & Perneger, 2003). Participants' medical charts were reviewed to collect demographic information as well as substance use disorder diagnostic information.…”

“…Smoking outcome expectancies were measured with the Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire for Adults (Jeffries et al, 2004). The BSCQ-A is a shortened 30-item version of the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire (Copeland, Brandon, & Quinn, 1995).…”

Smoking-related weight control expectancies among African American light smokers enrolled in a smoking cessation trial

“…In fact, our mean score (i.e., 3.7) was lower than those of college-aged smokers (weight control [WC] score = 4.41; 11.2 CPD) (Brandon & Baker, 1991), heavy smokers selected from a community sample (WC score = 4.36; 26.6 CPD) (Copeland, Brandon, & Quinn, 1995), smokers seeking cessation treatment (WC score = 4.92; 28.0 CPD) (Copeland et al, 1995) and African American heavy smokers enrolled in a cessation trial (WC score = 4.31; CPD = 20) (Jeffries et al, 2004).…”

“…Smoking-related weight control expectancies were measured using the Weight Control subscale of a modified version of the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (SCQ-A) (Jeffries et al, 2004), previously validated among our sample of African American light smokers (Bronars et al, 2006;Thomas et al, In Press). In brief, the SCQ was developed to measure anticipated positive and negative consequences of smoking, both immediate and delayed.…”

Expectancies for Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes, and Nicotine Replacement Therapies Among E-Cigarette Users (aka Vapers)

“…[28][29][30] These fundamental elements of memory are theorized to both organize input to the central nervous system and guide management of behavior, acting as a "final common pathway" that is implicated in connections between a variety of prior conditions (for example, genetic predisposition, social influence, emotional state, personality) and drug use decisions 31,32 . Expectancies have been found to be robust predictors of drug use, including the initiation of cigarette smoking, 33,34 dependence 35 , and relapse after a period of abstinence. 36,37 Expectancies likely play roles in driving both the increased use of e-cigarettes and the lack of NRT usage.…”