Psychometric Properties of the Pakistani Version of the Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependence
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چکیده
The Fagerstrom Test for Nicotine Dependency (FTND) has been widely used to assess nicotine dependence. current study intended investigate the psychometric properties and utility among regular cigarette users. But there no evaluation of FTND in context Pakistani culture. Thus, users Pakistan. was based on a cross-sectional survey design. Regular smokers were selected as sample, with age range 25 40 years. sample collected twice. First, translation purpose, collected, final confirmatory validation (i.e., Confirmatory Factor Analysis [CFA]) translated version scale, 500 from different areas Gujranwala by using purposive sampling technique. Pearson correlation, alpha reliability analyses, CFA utilizing SPSS (version 26) AMOS 10). There significant positive correlations (r values ranging .80 .83) found between Urdu English version. scale satisfactory 0.76). validated six items scale. cross-lingual confirmed its cross-cultural use important implications indigenous
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of education and social studies
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2789-8075', '2789-8067']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52223/jess.20223304