Stephenson Michael T, Velez Luis F, Chalela Patricia, Ramirez Amelie, Hoyle Rick H
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4234, USA.
Addiction. 2007 Oct;102 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):79-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01958.x.
This study investigated the reliability and validity of the Brief Sensation Seeking Scale (BSSS-8) in both English and Spanish with Latinos, the fastest-growing minority group in the United States, and the correlation between sensation seeking and tobacco and alcohol use.
Cross-sectional survey, computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI).
Dallas and Houston, Texas.
A total of 789 Latinos participated in this study. Participants were currently in the work-force, not enrolled in college, and between the ages of 18 and 30 years.
Participants completed a self-report questionnaire (in either English or Spanish) consisting of items measuring tobacco and alcohol use as well as the eight-item Brief Sensation Seeking Scale.
For English-speaking Latino participants, the BSSS factor structure was second-order unidimensional and correlated positively with life-time cigarette use, intention to smoke in the future and amount and frequency of alcohol consumption. For Spanish-speaking Latino participants, a four-subfactor solution for the BSSS provided the best fit to the data although correlations between the four subscales and cigarette use were small.
本研究调查了简版感觉寻求量表（BSSS - 8）在英语和西班牙语环境下对美国增长最快的少数族裔拉丁裔人群的信效度，以及感觉寻求与烟草和酒精使用之间的相关性。
横断面调查，采用计算机辅助电话访谈（CATI）。
得克萨斯州达拉斯和休斯顿。
共有789名拉丁裔参与了本研究。参与者目前在职，未就读于大学，年龄在18至30岁之间。
参与者完成一份自我报告问卷（英语或西班牙语），问卷包含测量烟草和酒精使用的项目以及八条目简版感觉寻求量表。
对于说英语的拉丁裔参与者，BSSS的因子结构为二阶单维，且与终生吸烟情况、未来吸烟意向以及酒精消费的量和频率呈正相关。对于说西班牙语的拉丁裔参与者，BSSS的四因子解决方案与数据拟合最佳，尽管四个子量表与吸烟之间的相关性较小。
