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Confirmatory factor analysis comparing incentivized experiments with self-report methods to elicit adolescent smoking and vaping social norms: MECHANISMS study

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  • Jennifer M. Murray
  • Erik O. Kimbrough
  • Erin L. Krupka
  • Abhijit Ramalingam
  • Rajnish Kumar
  • Joanna McHugh Power
  • Sharon Sanchez-Franco
  • Olga L. Sarmiento
  • Frank Kee
  • Ruth F. Hunter

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Introduction: Many adolescent smoking prevention programmes target social norms, typically evaluated with self-report, susceptible to social desirability bias. An alternative approach with little application in public health are experimental norms elicitation methods. Methods: Using the Mechanisms of Networks and Norms Influence on Smoking in Schools (MECHANISMS) study baseline data, from 12-13 year old school pupils (n=1656) in Northern Ireland and Bogotá (Colombia), we compare two methods of measuring injunctive and descriptive smoking and vaping norms: (1) incentivized experiments, using monetary payments to elicit norms; (2) self-report scales. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) examined whether the methods measured the same construct. Paths from exposures (country, sex, personality) to social norms, and associations of norms with (self-reported and objectively measured) smoking behavior/intentions were inspected in another structural model. Results: Second-order CFA showed that latent variables representing experimental and survey norms measurements were measuring the same underlying construct of anti- smoking/vaping norms (Comparative Fit Index=0.958, Tucker Lewis Index=0.951, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation=0.030, Standardized Root Mean Square Residual=0.034). Adding covariates into a structural model showed significant paths from country to norms (second-order anti-smoking/vaping norms latent variable: standardized factor loading [ß]=0.30, standard error [SE]=0.09, p

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  • Jennifer M. Murray & Erik O. Kimbrough & Erin L. Krupka & Abhijit Ramalingam & Rajnish Kumar & Joanna McHugh Power & Sharon Sanchez-Franco & Olga L. Sarmiento & Frank Kee & Ruth F. Hunter, 2020. "Confirmatory factor analysis comparing incentivized experiments with self-report methods to elicit adolescent smoking and vaping social norms: MECHANISMS study," Working Papers 20-10, Department of Economics, Appalachian State University.
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    1. Florence Gignac & Caterina Solé & Jose Barrera-Gómez & Cecilia Persavento & Èlia Tena & Mónica López-Vicente & Jordi Júlvez & Jordi Sunyer & Digna Couso & Xavier Basagaña, 2021. "Identifying Factors Influencing Attention in Adolescents with a Co-Created Questionnaire: A Citizen Science Approach with Secondary Students in Barcelona, Spain," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-19, August.
    2. Jennifer M. Murray & Sharon C. Sánchez-Franco & Olga L. Sarmiento & Erik O. Kimbrough & Christopher Tate & Shannon C. Montgomery & Rajnish Kumar & Laura Dunne & Abhijit Ramalingam & Erin L. Krupka & F, 2023. "Selection homophily and peer influence for adolescents’ smoking and vaping norms and outcomes in high and middle-income settings," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-35, December.

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