Psychometric evaluation of the treatment entry questionnaire to assess extrinsic motivation for inpatient addiction treatment

Validation of the French Smoking Cessation Motivation Scale with French Smokers Using a Mobile App for Smoking Cessation

“…Consistent with previous work [ 9 ] and the hypothesis derived from the SDT motivation framework [ 5 ], internalized oriented participants were associated with greater readiness and willingness to quit smoking. Negative correlation would be expected between amotivation regulation and the WAR measure under the hypothesis that those with higher motivational regulation would be less ready, confident, and willing to quit smoking.…”

“…The aim of this paper was to develop a conceptually grounded measure based on self-determination theory (SDT) and examine the psychometric properties of the French Smoking Cessation Motivation Scale (F-SCMS). This scale was developed on the basis of other scales that measure the SDT framework in different domains, such as general substance use [ 13 , 16 ], treatment acceptance [ 9 , 18 ], and even scales that were not directly linked with substance consumption but have already considered the construct validity of internal motivation [ 14 , 17 ].…”

“…The F-SCMS scale should be validated with a nonvirtual sample and include sociodemographic characteristics such as smoking history and measures of global motivation to change. For example, dependency severity was related to introjected regulation, where higher severity of guilt and shame drive treatment seeking [ 9 ]. To assess the predictive validity, it is also important to measure the relationship between the long-term abstinence rate and each motivation of the continuum of the SDT framework.…”

“…The F-SCMS builds on previous work on other intrinsic and extrinsic motivation scales for engagement in general behaviors (Guay, Blanchard, Vallerand, 1997–2003), various health behaviors [ 13 ], work, sports [ 14 , 17 ], therapy [ 9 , 18 ], and substance abstinence [ 13 , 16 ].…”

“…Motivation is a concept that has been widely studied by different approaches as a key determinant of the engagement in a change process, and long-term behavioral changes [ 5 ]. In the context of smoking cessation in France, motivation was assessed by identifying: the stage of change according to Prochaska and DiClemente’s theory of change [ 6 ], the intensity of motivation (insufficient or high) with the Q-MAT scale [ 7 ], and with commonly used and comparable measures such as the identification of the reasons to change (health, family) [ 8 ], and the assessment of the willingness, ability, and readiness to change—commonly known as the WAR measures [ 9 ]. The 1990 Reasons for Quitting Questionnaire (RFQ) no longer has construct validity and was not available in French [ 10 ].…”