Title

Cross-Cultural Validation Of The Stages Of The Tobacco Acquisition Questionnaire And The Decisional Balance Scale

Keywords

Cross-cultural validation; Decisional balance; Smoking acquisition; Stages of change

Abstract

The first phase in a study of smoking behaviors of 11-to 14-year-old Taiwanese children was designed to ensure the reliability and validity of newly translated instruments. The stages of the tobacco acquisition questionnaire (STAQ) and the decisional balance scale (DBS) were translated into Chinese, then back-translated into English. The DBS was adapted based on input from a focus group with young adolescents, reviewed by a panel of experts and laypersons, and pilot-tested. The next step consisted of administering the instruments to 401 children (ages 11-14 years) for psychometric testing. Factor analysis yielded three components for the STAQ accounting for 57.8% of the total variance, with alphas of the subscales ranging from .85 to .92. The DBS had two components accounting for 59.3% of the total variance, with alphas of .87 and .90 for the subscales. Accuracy of the translated instruments was supported by the psychometric test results. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publication Date

6-1-2003

Publication Title

Research in Nursing and Health

Volume

26

Issue

3

Number of Pages

233-243

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.10082

Socpus ID

0037901760 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0037901760

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