The Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (BSCQ-A): Development of a short form of the SCQ-A

Abstract

A brief form of the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (SCQ-A) was developed as an economical alternative to the 55-item SCQ-A in assessing smoking outcome expectancies in adult, heavy smokers. A total of 25 items (two to three items per each of the 10 SCQ-A scales) were administered to current smokers and ex-smokers. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine whether the brief form was better accounted for by a 4- or 10-factor model. Several variants of 9- and 8-factor models also were compared. The 10-factor model, representing the 10 subscales of the full-length SCQ-A, fit the data more adequately than the other models. The Brief SCQ-A (BSCQ-A) scales demonstrated good internal consistency (mean coefficient alpha = .79) and convergent validity. The BSCQ-A also showed promising validity in distinguishing among current smokers and ex-smokers. In a separate sample of smokers, strong and positive associations were present between corresponding pairs of the SCQ-A and BSCQ-A subscales.

A School-Based Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drug Prevention Program for Children: The Wise Mind Study

“…The increased Appetite/Weight expectancies among the ATD children was contrary to prediction and quite disconcerting, given this belief's positive association with smoking in previous studies (Brandon and Baker 1991;Copeland et al 1995;Copeland and Carney 2003;Rash and Copeland 2008). This association is particularly true for women smokers and exsmokers (Brandon and Baker 1991;Copeland et al 1995;Rash and Copeland 2008), and is more pronounced among women smokers with concerns about their weight (Copeland and Carney 2003).…”

“…This association is particularly true for women smokers and exsmokers (Brandon and Baker 1991;Copeland et al 1995;Rash and Copeland 2008), and is more pronounced among women smokers with concerns about their weight (Copeland and Carney 2003). Recent literature suggests that even very young children attribute Weight Control properties to smoking (Kendzor et al 2006), and that post-cessation weight concern is positively correlated with smoking rate among adolescent girls (Cavallo et al 2006).…”

Hospitalized smokers' expectancies for electronic cigarettes versus tobacco cigarettes

“…BSCQ-A (Rash & Copeland, 2008). The BSCQ-A instructs respondents to rate how likely they believe 25 consequences are to occur when they smoke tobacco cigarettes (0 = “completely unlikely” to 9 = “completely likely”).…”

“…Furthermore, they did not assess the range of expectancies smokers may hold regarding the use of e-cigarettes and tobacco cigarettes. Indeed, smokers report that they expect smoking tobacco cigarettes to reduce negative affect, craving, weight, and boredom; elicit stimulation, somatosensory pleasure, and negative physical feelings; and both facilitate and impede social interaction in addition to posing health risks (Rash & Copeland, 2008). The objective of the current study was to address this gap in the literature by assessing smokers’ expectancies for e-cigarettes relative to tobacco cigarettes across the full spectrum of expectancy domains.…”

“…In this study, we developed a questionnaire of e-cigarette expectancies based on the Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (BSCQ-A; Rash & Copeland, 2008), a validated short-form of smokers’ tobacco use expectancies. We administered this e-cigarette expectancy questionnaire along with the original, tobacco-specific BSCQ-A to a sample of hospitalized smokers and compared participant responses across the two measures.…”