However, it was not attempted to examine English to Persian translation of situational temptation scale to measure whether this scale had sufficient psychometric properties. As a result, the current study aimed at psychometrically evaluating the short form of situational temptations scale for smoking cessation based on TTM. Many smokers reported relapse as a result of temptation such as being in a party, visiting smoker friends, and could not overcome the temptation ( 5).Įfforts to enhance the knowledge of main factors of temptation to be considered in educational interventions to overcome temptation may be facilitated by the development of suitable tools that can identify the specific ways to assess the main factors of temptation in educational programs on smoke cessation.

In this model of behavior change, temptation is as a mediating variable that influences whether or not a person takes action and maintains any successful behavior change that is made, or relapses into previous risky behavior ( 4). The stages of TTM are as follows: pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance ( 3). Also, situational temptation is one of the important constructs of the transtheoretical model (TTM). Cue strength or temptation is defined as an urge to engage in a behavior when exposed to certain environmental situation or internal stimuli ( 2). The key point for smoking cessation is situational temptations. It is argued that more than 50% of deaths are caused by cigarette addiction. Smoking is verified as an important cause of death globally ( 1). Reliability and Validity Smoking Cessation Cigarette Smoking 1.

However, to ensure a reliable/valid instrument to realize smoking behaviors, doing more researches are recommended. The current study approved the short form of situational temptation scale for smoke cessation.

Temptation by K.M. Scott