The Accuracy of Self-Reports of Condom Use and Sexual Behavior Export

@article{citeulike:4636686, abstract = {In a study of the accuracy of self-reports of sexual behavior and condom use, 285 single, young adults in a large metropolitan area were interviewed once a week for 52 weeks, reporting on their sexual behavior each week. At 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month intervals, the individuals also provided self-reports of the number of times they had engaged in sex and the number of times they had used condoms since they began participating in the study. These self-reports were compared with aggregates of the weekly data, which served as a comparison standard for accuracy evaluation. The results indicate a fairly high level of accuracy in self-reports, but with 2\% to 5\% outliers who are highly inaccurate. The results tend to favor the assessment of sexual behavior over moderate time durations (3 or 6 months) rather than short or long durations (1 month or 12 months) when trying to maximize self-report accuracy. Accuracy was attenuated for individuals who tended to engage in sex frequently, especially at the 12-month time durations.}, address = {University at Albany State University of New York}, author = {Jaccard, James and Mcdonald, Robert and Wan, Choi K. and Dittus, Patricia J. and Quinlan, Shannon}, citeulike-article-id = {4636686}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb00263.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/118908603/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb00263.x}, journal = {Journal of Applied Social Psychology}, keywords = {accuracy, behaviours, condom, questionnaire, self-report, sexual, validity}, number = {9}, pages = {1863--1905}, posted-at = {2009-05-26 17:07:25}, priority = {0}, title = {The Accuracy of Self-Reports of Condom Use and Sexual Behavior}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb00263.x}, volume = {32}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4636686 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4636686 N2 - In a study of the accuracy of self-reports of sexual behavior and condom use, 285 single, young adults in a large metropolitan area were interviewed once a week for 52 weeks, reporting on their sexual behavior each week. At 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-month intervals, the individuals also provided self-reports of the number of times they had engaged in sex and the number of times they had used condoms since they began participating in the study. These self-reports were compared with aggregates of the weekly data, which served as a comparison standard for accuracy evaluation. The results indicate a fairly high level of accuracy in self-reports, but with 2% to 5% outliers who are highly inaccurate. The results tend to favor the assessment of sexual behavior over moderate time durations (3 or 6 months) rather than short or long durations (1 month or 12 months) when trying to maximize self-report accuracy. Accuracy was attenuated for individuals who tended to engage in sex frequently, especially at the 12-month time durations. IS - 9 JF - Journal of Applied Social Psychology AD - University at Albany State University of New York EP - 1905 TI - The Accuracy of Self-Reports of Condom Use and Sexual Behavior VL - 32 SP - 1863 KW - accuracy KW - behaviours KW - condom KW - questionnaire KW - self-report KW - sexual KW - validity AU - Jaccard, James AU - Mcdonald, Robert AU - Wan, Choi AU - Dittus, Patricia AU - Quinlan, Shannon PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb00263.x ER -