Publications by authors named "Kelli J England"
Article Synopsis
- Developed an expectancy measure for adolescent e-cigarette use to inform research and policy.
- Focus groups and expert reviews helped shape the measure, which was tested on 267 adolescents aged 14-17.
- Results showed four factors: Negative Consequences, Positive Reinforcement, Negative Affect Reduction, and Weight Control, correlating with vaping behavior and perceptions.
Adolescent use of electronic cigarettes has risen dramatically, prompting concerns about the health effects. There is need for brief measures to assess adolescents' perceived threat and efficacy related to e-cigarette use and cessation. A 12-item Likert-type scale was modeled after the Risk Behavior Diagnosis Scale and designed to assess threat (ie, severity and susceptibility of threat) and efficacy (ie, self-efficacy and response efficacy) as they relate to e-cigarette use.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: "Expectancies," or beliefs about outcomes, robustly correlate with and predict several behaviors including electronic nicotine delivery system ("e-cigarette") use. However, there is limited qualitative research available regarding relevant e-cigarette vaping expectancies.
Objectives: The present study used a qualitative approach to derive and refine e-cigarette expectancy themes among young adults.