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ERIC Number: EJ697046
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Mar-1
Pages: 8
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Development and Validation of the College Tobacco Survey.
Ott, Carol H.; Cashin, Susan E.; Altekruse, Michael
Journal of American College Health, v53 n5 p231 Mar 2005
The authors report on the development and assessment of an instrument to measure baseline campus cigarette use and outcomes from prevention programs, including those using a social norms approach combined with environmental policy change. They administered the 37-item College Tobacco Survey (CTS) to a convenience sample of 1,279 college students in freshmen-level classes at a large urban university. Factor analysis of 15 belief items revealed 3 factors: Peer Environment, Personal Effects, and Campus Policy Endorsement. The findings support the survey's reliability and validity. The authors discuss potential uses of the survey in terms of social norms and environmental prevention programs.Key Words: college, construct, social norms, survey, tobacco, validation
Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Web site: http://www.heldref.org
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