The Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Tobacco Craving Questionnaire.
- Author:
Kyeong Sook CHOI
1
;
Chang Hwa LEE
;
Je Chun YU
;
Se Jin KIM
;
Ho Jin CHOI
;
Bum Seok JEONG
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Eulji University, Daejeon, Korea. drshrink@eulji.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
K-TCQ;
Smoking;
Tobacco;
Nicotine dependence;
Craving;
Reliability;
Validity
- MeSH:
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Reproducibility of Results;
Self Report;
Smoking;
Tobacco;
Tobacco Products;
Tobacco Use Disorder
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2008;47(2):161-167
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study is to assess the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the Tobacco Craving Questionnaire (K-TCQ), a multidimensional, self report instrument evaluating tobacco craving in a population of current smokers. METHODS: The Korean version of TCQ was administered to 216 current cigarette smokers. RESULTS: The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the K-TCQ was high (0.95) which provided the evidence for the internal consistency. The test-retest reliability of K-TCQ was 0.66 (correlation coefficient, p<0.01). The correlation coefficients between the K-TCQ and each five VAS questionnaires were high (0.50-0.59, p<0.01). Inter-correlations of K-TCQ, VAS, FTQ, BDI, STAI-I and STAI-II were significant (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: The Korean version of TCQ is a valid and reliable scale for evaluating tobacco craving.
