1. Development and Psychometric Testing of Four Scales to Measure Perceptions and Family Influences on Parental Smoking in Taiwan.
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Chen, Yu-Ting, Liao, Yuan-Mei, and Chen, Ping-Ling
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CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) , *STATISTICAL correlation , *EXPERIMENTAL design , *FACTOR analysis , *FAMILIES , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL cooperation , *PARENTS , *SENSORY perception , *PSYCHOMETRICS , *REGRESSION analysis , *RESEARCH , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *SCALE analysis (Psychology) , *SMOKING , *T-test (Statistics) , *RESEARCH methodology evaluation , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,RESEARCH evaluation - Abstract
We developed and psychometrically tested four scales for measuring the perceptions of parental smokers and family members’ influences on smoking behavior in the presence of children in Taiwan. Data were collected from 309 parental smokers with school-aged children. The results of factor analysis revealed two to three factors within each scale, and the reliability was between 0.63 and 0.91, based on Cronbach’s alpha. Our findings provide preliminary support for the reliability and validity of the scales. The collective application of the scales is comprehensive that may constitute a feasible approach for preventing parental smoking. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2014
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