A psychometric assessment of the Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire for Marijuana (BSCQ-M) in juvenile justice-involved youth

•This study provided the first test of the psychometric properties of the BSCQ-M.•Findings indicated a three-factor structure.•BSCQ-M scores showed convergent validity with past 30-day cannabis use.•The BSCQ-M can be implemented quickly and effectively among justice involved youth. Cannabis refusal...

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Published in:Addictive behaviors 2022-02, Vol.125, p.107154-107154, Article 107154
Main Authors: Micalizzi, Lauren, Sokolovsky, Alexander W., Delaney, Daniel J., Gunn, Rachel L., Hernandez, Lynn, Kemp, Kathleen, Spirito, Anthony, Stein, L.A.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Cannabis
Cannabis use
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Juvenile justice
Male
Measurement invariance
Psychometrics
Self Efficacy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Youth
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Summary:•This study provided the first test of the psychometric properties of the BSCQ-M.•Findings indicated a three-factor structure.•BSCQ-M scores showed convergent validity with past 30-day cannabis use.•The BSCQ-M can be implemented quickly and effectively among justice involved youth. Cannabis refusal self-efficacy, defined as confidence in the ability to refuse cannabis or to avoid cannabis use, is associated with decreased cannabis use. Juvenile justice-involved youth are at high risk for cannabis use and may have lower refusal self-efficacy. While court-involved, non-incarcerated (CINI) and incarcerated youth are groups that are both at high-risk for cannabis use, the experience of incarceration may impact the measurement of refusal self-efficacy for cannabis. The factor structure, measurement invariance, and concurrent validity of the Brief Situational Confidence Questionnaire for Cannabis (BSCQ-M) was assessed among CINI (n = 148) and incarcerated (n = 199) youth (80.7% male, Mage = 16.3). Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a correlated 3-factor model including positive/good times, negative internal, and negative external situational factors best fit the data. Multigroup measurement invariance testing revealed that the BSCQ-M demonstrated configural, metric, scalar, and residual invariance across CINI and incarcerated samples, indicating measurement invariance across the two groups. Negative binomial regressions revealed that BSCQ-M scores were significantly negatively associated with concurrent cannabis use. Results suggest that the BSCQ-M is a brief, psychometrically sound measure of refusal self-efficacy for cannabis among juvenile justice-involved youth that can be utilized with both CINI and incarcerated youth.
ISSN:0306-4603
1873-6327
DOI:10.1016/j.addbeh.2021.107154