The ABCD Study uses the Adolescent Smoking Consequences Questionnaire (ASCQ) to assess nicotine expectancies, which was developed on youth aged 11–19 years old, demonstrating excellent reliability, a latent factor structure of seven factors, and predictive validity for intention to smoke and smoking behavior (Lewis-Esquerre et al., 2005). The ASCQ was modified to create a short version of 7-items, choosing items that loaded most heavily (0.70–0.91) on six factors [boredom reduction factor (“during the day, smoking can help kill time if there is nothing to do”), negative affect reduction factor (“cigarettes help with concentration”, “when someone is sad, smoking helps him or her feel better”), negative physical feelings factor (“smoking will make a person cough”), negative social impression factor (“smoking makes people look ridiculous or silly”), social facilitation factor (“parties are more enjoyable when a person is smoking”), taste/sensorimotor manipulation factor (“the look and feel of a cigarette in the mouth is good”)] that significantly predicted adolescent smoking (Lewis-Esquerre et al., 2005).
