Autobiographical Narratives can be Used with Confidence to Collect Information about Ex-Smokers' Reasons for Quitting Smoking.

Author(s)

Alex Cuc, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Linda C. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Mark B. Sobell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
J. J. Ruiz
Andrew C. Voluse, Nova Southeastern University

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Substance Use & Misuse

ISSN

1082-6084

Publication Date

8-2014

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.

DOI

10.3109/10826084.2014.901385

Volume

49

Issue

10

First Page

1326

Last Page

1331

NSUWorks Citation

Cuc, A., Sobell, L. C., Sobell, M. B., Ruiz, J. J., Voluse, A. C. (2014). Autobiographical Narratives can be Used with Confidence to Collect Information about Ex-Smokers' Reasons for Quitting Smoking.. Substance Use & Misuse, 49(10), 1326-1331.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/596