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Huey-Shys Chen, MSN, PhD, School of Nursing, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd., P. O. Box 162210, Orlando, FL 32816-2210, 407-8232863, chuey@mail.ucf.edu and Jiunn-Jye Sheu, PhD, MSPH, Department of Health Education & Behavior, University of Florida, P.O. Box 118210, Rm. 5 FLG, Gainesville, FL 32611.

The purpose of this study was to conduct psychometric testing on the Chinese version of the decisional balance scale (CDBS) with Taiwanese 7th, 8th, and 9th graders who were recruited from Taipei metropolitan area. Random cluster sampling method was used with 554 adolescent aged 13 to 17 years participated in the study.

Factor analysis procedures showed two components, Pros and Cons, accounting for 74.32% of the total variances and contrasted group comparisons affirmed the construct validity of the Pros, the Cons, and the CDBS. Item-to-subtotal correlation coefficients for the two subscales, the Pros and Cons, were above .50 and their reliability were supported by Cronbach's alpha coefficients, .87 and .91, respectively.

The validity and reliability of the CDBS suggested that the CDBS was applicable to and congruent with the culture of the Taiwanese adolescent's smoking behavior. Further validation of the CDBS scale with different populations and larger sample size is suggested.

Learning Objectives:

• The audience will be able to gain knowledge of instrument development across different cultures.
• The audience will be able to know how to validate a translated intrument by using different statistic approaches.

Keywords: Tobacco, Decision-Making

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

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