The reliability and validity of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS-8) with young adult Latino workers: implications for tobacco and alcohol disparity research
The reliability and validity of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS-8) with young adult Latino workers: implications for tobacco and alcohol disparity research
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10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01958.x
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2007-10-01
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6
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Hoyle, Rick H.
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Stephenson, Michael T.;Velez, Luis F.;Hoyle, Rick H.
目的 本研究调查了美国增长最快的少数族裔拉丁裔群体的英语和西班牙语简短感觉寻求量表 (BSSS-8) 的信度和效度，以及感觉寻求与吸烟和饮酒之间的相关性。设计横断面调查、计算机辅助电话访谈（CATI）。达拉斯和德克萨斯州休斯顿。参与者 共有 789 名拉丁美洲人参与了这项研究。参与者目前处于劳动力队伍中，未上大学，年龄在 18 至 30 岁之间。测量参与者完成了一份自我报告调查问卷（英语或西班牙语），其中包括测量烟草和酒精使用情况的项目以及八项简短感觉寻求量表。结果和结论 对于说英语的拉丁裔参与者来说，BSSS 因子结构是二阶一维的，与终生吸烟、未来吸烟的意愿以及饮酒的数量和频率呈正相关。对于讲西班牙语的拉丁裔参与者，BSSS 的四个子因素解决方案提供了最适合数据的结果，尽管四个子量表与香烟使用之间的相关性很小。
Aims This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS-8) in both English and Spanish with Latinos, the fastest-growing minority group in the United States, and the correlation between sensation seeking and tobacco and alcohol use. Design Cross-sectional survey, computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI). Dallas and Houston, Texas. Participants A total of 789 Latinos participated in this study. Participants were currently in the work-force, not enrolled in college, and between the ages of 18 and 30 years. Measurements Participants completed a self-report questionnaire (in either English or Spanish) consisting of items measuring tobacco and alcohol use as well as the eight-item Brief Sensation Seeking Scale. Findings and conclusions For English-speaking Latino participants, the BSSS factor structure was second-order unidimensional and correlated positively with life-time cigarette use, intention to smoke in the future and amount and frequency of alcohol consumption. For Spanish-speaking Latino participants, a four-subfactor solution for the BSSS provided the best fit to the data although correlations between the four subscales and cigarette use were small.