PMID- 34165559
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220105
LR  - 20231213
IS  - 1469-994X (Electronic)
IS  - 1462-2203 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 1
DP  - 2022 Jan 1
TI  - Thirdhand Smoke Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior: Development of Reliable and 
      Valid Self-report Measures.
PG  - 141-145
LID - 10.1093/ntr/ntab133 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: This study sought to provide essential tobacco control tools by 
      testing the reliability and validity of new self-report scales developed to 
      assess thirdhand smoke (THS) (ie, toxic tobacco residue) related knowledge, 
      attitudes, and behavior (KAB). AIMS AND METHODS: Items for the KAB scales were 
      adapted from established secondhand smoke (SHS) measures, reviewed to support 
      face validity, and tested in a longitudinal online survey evaluating THS health 
      messages. Participants were California adults at risk of THS exposure. For 7 
      months, the three KAB scales were completed monthly, and data from the first (n = 
      1086), third (n = 315), and seventh (n = 301) month surveys were used in these 
      analyses. RESULTS: All three scales demonstrated consistent reliability and 
      single-factor loading at all three timepoints for knowledge (alpharange: .87-.90), 
      attitude (alpharange: .84-.87), and behavior (alpharange: .80-.86). Similarly, analyses 
      supported scale convergent validity (scale correlations rrange: .45-.85; all p 
      values <.001), discriminant validity between smokers and nonsmokers (knowledge 
      Cohen's drange: .57-.61, all p values <.001; attitude Cohen's drange: .78-.82, 
      all p values <.001; behavior Cohen's drange: .90-.99, all p values <.001), and 
      predictive validity (range R2KAB: .41-.48; all p values <.001). CONCLUSIONS: KAB 
      scales about THS provide new opportunities for tobacco control advocates and 
      scholars to identify gaps in knowledge, misperceptions, and obstacles to behavior 
      change in order to guide the design of novel tobacco control policies and 
      interventions. IMPLICATIONS: Numerous scales have been vetted as reliable and 
      valid measures for assessing SHS-related KABs. Currently, standard measures of 
      THS KABs are not available. This study tested three THS scales to fill this gap. 
      The present findings provide tobacco control advocates, scholars, and 
      practitioners tools for assessing KABs related to THS. This information is 
      critical to development, implementation, and evaluation of novel tobacco control 
      strategies.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the 
      Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. All rights reserved.For 
      permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.
FAU - Record, Rachael A
AU  - Record RA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9861-2715
AD  - School of Communication, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
FAU - Greiner, Lydia H
AU  - Greiner LH
AD  - Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
FAU - Wipfli, Heather
AU  - Wipfli H
AD  - Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
FAU - Pugel, Jessica
AU  - Pugel J
AD  - Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
FAU - Matt, Georg E
AU  - Matt GE
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5604-4609
AD  - Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Nicotine Tob Res
JT  - Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on 
      Nicotine and Tobacco
JID - 9815751
RN  - 0 (Smoke)
RN  - 0 (Tobacco Smoke Pollution)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Self Report
MH  - *Smoke
MH  - Nicotiana
MH  - *Tobacco Smoke Pollution/adverse effects
EDAT- 2021/06/25 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/06 06:00
CRDT- 2021/06/24 12:26
PHST- 2020/11/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/06/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/06/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/06 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/06/24 12:26 [entrez]
AID - 6308767 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/ntr/ntab133 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Jan 1;24(1):141-145. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab133.