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17978986

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
A majority of adolescent smokers attempt cessation and report intentions to quit, yet little is known regarding the teen cessation process. To advance inquiry into the adolescent smoking cessation process the present report describes the development and initial evaluation of the Ways of Quitting questionnaire (WOQ), a measure designed to assess adolescent smoking cessation strategies. All participants were recruited from four public high schools in metropolitan San Diego, California. Items and questionnaire wording and format were developed based on responses from 36 adolescent participants in six focus groups. The resulting questionnaire included 28 cessation strategies. Descriptive and psychometric analyses were conducted for 88 adolescents who had previously attempted smoking cessation. For each WOQ item, respondents indicated whether they had used a given strategy and, if used, how helpful it was. The most frequently reported cessation methods included avoidance, reduction, and distraction strategies. These, along with social support strategies, received the highest helpfulness ratings. Formal intervention approaches were the least frequently used strategies. Formal methods also were rated as least helpful. Initial validation analyses on a subsample of participants revealed that use of more social support and smoking reduction strategies was significantly associated with length of abstinence following a cessation attempt. The present findings thus provide initial support for the utility and criterion validity of this newly developed measure.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1462-2203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1131-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Measuring adolescent smoking cessation strategies: instrument development and initial validation.
pubmed:affiliation
University of California, San Diego, and Veteran Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. mgmyers@ucsd.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Validation Studies