Reliability and construct validity of the Bahasa Malaysia version of transtheoretical model (TTM) questionnaire for smoking cessation and relapse among Malaysian adult smokers

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1439-1443

  Yasin, Siti Munira ^a,b   Taib, Khairul Mizan ^c   Zaki, Rafdzah Ahmad ^b  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c University of Technology Mara   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Cronbach's alpha; Malaysia; Reliability; Transtheoretical model questionnaire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858040048     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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