Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of the decisional balance scale (CDBS)

    Authors

    H. S. Chen; J. J. Sheu;W. W. Chen

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Health Educ. Behav.

    Keywords

    reliability; validity; decisional balance scale; smoking acquisition; adolescent; CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; SMOKING; ADOLESCENTS; ACQUISITION; TEMPTATIONS; VALIDATION; FOCUS; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

    Abstract

    The purpose of this study was to conduct psychometric testing on the Chinese version of the decisional balance scale (CDBS) with Taiwanese seventh, eighth, and ninth graders who were recruited from the Taipei metropolitan area. A random cluster sampling method was used with 554 adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 years. Factor analysis procedures showed two components, Pros and Cons, accounting for 74.32% of the total variances and contrasted group comparisons affirmed the construct validity of the Pros, the Cons, and the CDBS. Item-to-subtotal correlation coefficients for the two subscales, the Pros and Cons, were greater than .50 and their reliability was supported by Cronbach's alpha coefficients, .87 and .91, respectively. The validity and reliability of the CDBS suggested that the CDBS was applicable to and congruent with the culture of the Taiwanese adolescent's smoking behavior. Further validation of the CDBS scale with different populations and larger sample size is suggested.

    Journal Title

    Health Education & Behavior

    Volume

    33

    Issue/Number

    6

    Publication Date

    1-1-2006

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    812

    Last Page

    820

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000242158700008

    ISSN

    1090-1981

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