Article
Autobiographical narratives can be used with confidence to collect information about exsmokers’
reasons for quitting smoking
Substance Use and Misuse
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2014
Keywords
- Ex-Smokers; autobiographical narratives; qualitative measures; smoking; tobacco use
Disciplines
Abstract
Although autobiographical narratives (ABNs) provide rich descriptions of how people change addictive behaviors, psychometric evaluations of such reports are rare. 27 ex-smokers who had quit for 1 to 5 years were interviewed twice about why they quit. Participants' ABN reasons for why they quit smoking were compared with their answers on the Reasons For Quitting (RFQ) scale and found to be similar. Ex-smokers' ABNs are reliably reported for number and types of reasons given for quitting. Reasons ex-smokers gave in their ABNs were similar to their RFQ subscale answers. ABNs, a qualitative measure of quitting smoking, captured more information about how people quit smoking than quantitative scales.
Citation Information
Alexandru Cuc, Linda C. Sobell, Mark Sobell and J. Ruiz. "Autobiographical narratives can be used with confidence to collect information about exsmokers’
reasons for quitting smoking" Substance Use and Misuse Vol. 49 (2014) p. 1326 - 1311 ISSN: 1082-6084 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/linda-sobell/51/