Table 3.
Correlations of subscale scores on PSS-14, PSS-10 and PSS-4 and smoking and health related variables
| PSS-14 | PSS-10 | PSS-4 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ve Factor | +ve Factor | Overall | -ve Factor | +ve Factor | Overall | -ve Factor | +ve Factor | Overall | |
| Smoking-related variables | |||||||||
| Daily cigarette consumption in the past month | -.04 | .09** | .01 | -.03 | .09** | .03 | .00 | .08** | .05* |
| FTND score1 | .10** | -.09** | .11** | .10** | -.10** | .11** | .07* | -.11** | .10** |
| Confidence in not smoking again2 | -.14** | .20** | -.19** | -.13** | .23** | -.19** | -.91** | .21** | -.18** |
| Health-related variables | |||||||||
| Perceived health status in the past 3 months3 | -.15** | .11** | -.16** | -.16** | .12** | -.17** | -.17** | .13** | -.19** |
| Anxiety today4 | .21** | -.10** | .18** | .20** | -.12** | .19** | .19** | -.13** | .19** |
| Depression today5 | .22** | -.16** | .22** | .23** | -.19** | .24** | .22** | -.19** | .24** |
1 FTND scores range from 0 to 10, with higher values indicating higher levels of nicotine dependency.
2 Confidence in not smoking again was measured with a scale from 0-100, with higher values indicating higher levels of confidence
3 Perceived health status was measured on a 4-point Likert scale, with higher values indicating better perceived health.
4 Anxiety was measured on a 3-point Likert scale, with higher values indicating higher levels of anxiety.
5 Depression was measured on a 3-point Likert scale, with higher values indicating higher levels of depression.
* p-value < 0.05 ** p-value < 0.01