Development and validation of a scale measuring attitudes toward smoking

Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 615-623

  Shore, Ted H ^a   Tashchian, Armen ^a   Adams, Janet S ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes toward smoking; Scale development and validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034293452     PISSN: 00224545     EISSN: 19401183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224540009600501     Document Type: Article

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