Table 8.
Convergent Validity of PRI Scales with VAS Scores (Survey 2)
| Scale | CC rs (n) |
THS 2.2 rs (n) |
E-CIG rs (n) |
NRT rs (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRI-P vs. VAS Health Risk | 0.58 (765) | 0.65 (651) | 0.65 (717) | 0.54 (550) |
| PRI-P vs. VAS Addiction Risk | 0.56 (767) | 0.67 (704) | 0.68 (708) | 0.57 (534) |
| PRI-G vs. VAS Health Risk | 0.52 (775) | 0.61 (711) | 0.62 (724) | 0.52 (713) |
| PRI-G vs. VAS Addiction Risk | 0.54 (771) | 0.59 (702) | 0.61 (714) | 0.52 (704) |
CC Conventional cigarettes, E-CIG Electronic cigarettes, n number of study participants with both measurements, NRT Nicotine Replacement Therapy, PRI-p Perceived Risk Instrument-Personal Risk, PRI-G Perceived Risk Instrument-General Risk, rs Spearman rank correlation coefficient, THS Tobacco Heating System, VAS Visual Analog Scale