Department of Communication, Center for Communication and Health Issues, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick 08901, USA.
J Natl Med Assoc. 2010 Oct;102(10):890-7. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30707-0.
The complete Multidimensional Measure of Stress (MMOS) measure may be made available to interested persons by contacting the corresponding author.
Smoking rates are higher among inner-city and lower-income African Americans, perhaps due to psychosocial barriers to cessation efforts, including stress.
To describe the development of the MMOS and examine the psychometric properties of the MMOS among African American light smokers.
Secondary analysis of data generated from a 2x2 randomized clinical trial, designed to examine the efficacy of nicotine replacement and cessation counseling among 755 African American light smokers.
Fourteen items were included in the final MMOS (alpha = .83). An exploratory factor analysis identified 3 factors: interpersonal (alpha = .80), safety (alpha = .70), and financial (alpha = .75). The MMOS was significantly correlated with the Perceived Stress scale (r = 0.49, p < .001) and was associated with several demographic, psychosocial, and tobacco-related variables.
The MMOS appears to be a valid measure of stress among African American light smokers enrolled in a cessation trial.
有兴趣的人可以通过联系通讯作者获得完整的多维压力测量（MMOS）量表。
城市内和低收入的非裔美国人的吸烟率更高，这可能是由于戒烟努力中存在心理社会障碍，包括压力。
描述 MMOS 的发展，并在非裔美国轻度吸烟者中检验 MMOS 的心理测量特性。
对一项 2x2 随机临床试验中产生的数据进行二次分析，旨在检验尼古丁替代和戒烟咨询对 755 名非裔美国轻度吸烟者的疗效。
最终的 MMOS 包括 14 个项目（alpha =.83）。一项探索性因素分析确定了 3 个因素：人际关系（alpha =.80）、安全（alpha =.70）和财务（alpha =.75）。MMOS 与压力感知量表（r = 0.49，p <.001）显著相关，并且与几个人口统计学、心理社会和烟草相关变量相关。
在参加戒烟试验的非裔美国轻度吸烟者中，MMOS 似乎是一种有效的压力测量工具。
