Development and Psychometric Properties of a Short Situational Urge to Smoke Scale (SUS) for Smoking Adolescents

作者：Tagmat Deniz^*; Wolff Judith; Schumann Anja; John Ulrich; Thyrian Jochen Rene

来源：Substance Use & Misuse, 2011, 46(8): 959-968.

DOI：10.3109/10826084.2010.540288

• urge
• smoke
• adolescents
• scale

As urges are associated with positive-social, negative-affective, and habitual situations, we developed a sound scale to assess urges in these situations. In Northeastern Germany in 2005/2006, a sample of 1,093 smoking adolescents from 7th to 10th grade, aged 12-18 years, was used. Reliability analysis and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were applied. A three-factorial structure of the final situational urge to smoke scale (SUS) was found. Internal consistency of the scale was high (alpha = .89). The SUS is a new internally consistent scale that assesses the urge to smoke in adolescents. Further research needs to examine its predictive validity. The study's limitations are noted.

• 出版日期2011