Validating the scale measuring attitude toward smoking among students
Subject Areas : روان درمانگری
Gholam Reza Rajabi
1
(PhD Shahid Chamran University)
Zahra Naderi
2
(M. A. in Psychology)
Keywords: Reliability, Attitude, validating, smoking,
Abstract :
In order to validate the Attitudes towards Smoking Scale Chamran University and Islamic Azad University, Arsenjan branch, participated in this study. Data were indicative of a high level of Internal Consistency of the ASS. All the items of the scale were significantly correlated with the total score of Principal Components Analysis (Varimax Rotation) resulted in !" # $ %& " the variance. This research showed that for measuring people’s attitudes toward smoking, researchers can rely on ASS.