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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Factor loading, communality, mean, standard deviation, skewness, kurtosis, and item-total correlation of TTSS (n = 603)

From: The reliability and validity of the Temptations to Try Smoking Scale in a group of Chinese adolescents

Item

Positive social

Curiosity/stress

Communality

M

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

Item-total correlation

TTSS

   

8.85

3.66

2.48

3.55

 

1. While talking to my friends

0.91

 

0.85

1.30

0.67

3.24

4.50

0.78***

2. When I am having a good time

0.87

 

0.76

1.42

0.73

2.13

3.66

0.77***

3. When I want to be part of the crowd

0.82

 

0.79

1.44

0.76

2.26

3.29

0.79***

4. When others are talking about how much they like smoking

 

0.89

0.86

1.43

0.78

2.15

2.94

0.84***

5. When I am stressed

 

0.84

0.80

1.58

0.82

1.57

1.25

0.84***

6. When I want to know how a cigarette tastes

 

0.82

0.87

1.46

0.80

1.79

1.70

0.80***

Eigenvalue

3.88

1.05

      

Contribution

 

82.19%

      
  1. ***Means P < 0.001, which is the same for the following items