Construct validity and reliability of Malay language-perception towards smoking questionnaire (BM-PTSQ) among secondary school adolescents

• Main Authors: Lim, Jia Hui, Lim, Kuang Hock, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali,, Heng, Pei Pei, Cheong, Yoon Ling, Lim, Hui Li, Kee, Chee Cheong, Goh, Yee Lin, Ng, Khuen Yen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18410/1/304-Article%20Text-2131-1-10-20220228.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18410/; https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/issue/view/30

Multitude studies have demonstrated that perception is an integral factor associated with smoking. However, no such tool was available in the Malay language. In this study, we established a Bahasa Malaysia version of PTSQ (BM-PTSQ) and tested the validity and reliability among secondary school adole...