Validation of the Avoidance and Inflexibility Scale (AIS) Among Treatment-Seeking Smokers
Validation of the Avoidance and Inflexibility Scale (AIS) Among Treatment-Seeking Smokers
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DOI：
10.1037/pas0000059
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
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3.6
通讯作者：
Schmidt, Norman B.
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作者：
Farris, Samantha G.;Zvolensky, Michael J.;Schmidt, Norman B.
回避和不灵活性量表（AIS; Gifford等人，2004年）是作为经验性避免吸烟的具体措施。然而，一直很少有调查的心理测量学特性的AIS和没有发表的工作就这个问题。本研究旨在检测AIS在寻求治疗的成人每日吸烟者样本中的可靠性和有效性（n = 465; 48.2%女性，每天17.8支[SD = 9.60]香烟）。AIS在3个时间点（基线、戒烟日和戒烟后1个月）进行，作为更大规模戒烟试验的一部分。探索性因素分析表明，一个2因素的解决方案，描述了由于吸烟相关的“思想/感觉”（9项）和“躯体感觉”（4项）的可容忍性和避免。结果表明，AIS总分和因子分具有较高的内部一致性和重测信度。AIS总分和因子得分也显示出较高的收敛性，判别性和增量预测效度与理论上相关的吸烟和情感变量。目前的数据表明，AIS措施似乎是一个有效的和可靠的经验性避免吸烟的具体指标。
The Avoidance and Inflexibility Scale (AIS; Gifford et al., 2004) was derived as a smoking-specific measure of experiential avoidance. However, there has been little investigation of the psychometric proprieties of the AIS and no published work on the topic. The current study aimed to test the reliability and validity of the AIS among a sample of adult treatment-seeking daily smokers (n = 465; 48.2% female, 17.8 [SD = 9.60] cigarettes per day). The AIS was administered at 3 time points (baseline, quit-day, and 1 month postquit) as part of a larger smoking cessation trial. An exploratory factor analysis indicated a 2-factor solution, described by inflexibility and avoidance because of smoking related "thoughts/feelings" (9 items) and "somatic sensations" (4 items). Results revealed that the AIS-total and factor scores demonstrated high internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The AIS total and factor scores also displayed high convergent, discriminant, and incremental predictive validity with theoretically relevant smoking and affective variables. The present data suggest that the AIS measure appears to be a valid and reliable smoking-specific index of experiential avoidance.