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Assessment of factors affecting the validity of self-reported health-risk behavior among adolescents: evidence from the scientific literature
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We reviewed the existing empirical literature to assess cognitive and situational factors that may affect the validity of adolescents' self-reports of alcohol and other drug use, tobacco use, behaviors related to unintentional injuries and violence, dietary behaviors, physical activity, and sexual behavior. Specifically, we searched for peer-reviewed journal articles published in 1980 or later that examined the factors affecting self-report of the six categories of behavior listed above. We also searched for studies describing objective measures for each behavior. Self-reports of each of six types of health-risk behaviors are affected by both cognitive and situational factors. These factors, however, do not threaten the validity of self-reports of each type of behavior equally. The importance of assessing health-risk behaviors as part of research activities involving adolescents necessitates the use of self-report measures. Researchers should familiarize themselves with the threats to validity inherent in this type of assessment and design research that minimizes these threats as much as possible.
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“First, data were based on self-report measures, which may underestimate actual substance use rates in adolescents (Brener et al., 2003), though the ADAS has good empirical support for assessing adolescent substance use (Wills et al.”
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“In fact, research on self-reported data describes that responses tend to be accurate when there is a great sense of privacy and lack of associated stigma [42].”
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“In addition, evidence suggests that when respondents are asked to retrospectively recall behaviors, events that occur more frequently are reported with less accuracy, particularly as length of recall period increases (Brener et al., 2003; Jaccard & Wan, 1995).”
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“Despite the strengths of self-report questionnaires, cognitive and situational factors have been found to impact adolescents' reports of certain mental health risk factors, including suicidal behavior, alcohol use, and violent behavior (Brener, Billy, & Grady, 2003 ).”
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“However, self-reports capture a broader picture of the students’ personal experiences and are especially useful for health-risk behavior studies (e.g., Brener et al., 2003; Farrington et al., 2003).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brener, N. D., Billy, J. O. G., & Grady, W. R.
- Affiliations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Battelle (US)
- Corresponding author
- Brener, Nancy D
- ORCID
- Brener, Nancy D
- Venue
- Journal of Adolescent Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-12
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 436-457
- ISSN
- 1054-139X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2087261951
- Cited by
- 1,331
- References
- 108
- Citations by year
- 2026: 43 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 38 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 61 · 2021: 74 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 76 · 2018: 88 · 2017: 82 · 2016: 91 · 2015: 113 · 2014: 87 · 2013: 86 · 2012: 55
- FWCI
- 3.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Health and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- self-report validity, adolescent health risk behaviors, alcohol consumption, drug use, tobacco use, unintentional injuries, violence, dietary behavior, physical activity, sexual behavior, cognitive factors, situational factors, objective measures
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Alcoholism, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Risk-Taking, Self-Assessment, Sexual Behavior, Tobacco Use Disorder, Violence, Substance-Related Disorders
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