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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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Recall accuracy of mobile phone calls among Japanese young people
Kiyohara, K., Wake, K., Watanabe, S., Arima, T., Sato, Y., Kojimahara, N., Taki, M., & Yamaguchi, N. (2015) · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology · doi:10.1038/jes.2015.13 · Cited by 13
Do high risk patients alter their lifestyle to reduce risk of colorectal cancer?
Tarr, G. P., Crowley, A. P., John, R., Kok, J. B. C., Lee, H.-N. L., Mustafa, H., Sii, K. M., Smith, R. G., Son, S.-E., Weaver, L. J., et al. (2014) · BMC Gastroenterology · doi:10.1186/1471-230x-14-22 · Cited by 13
“Patients may adopt healthy behaviours around the time of CRC screening [9], although this has been disputed [28,29].”
BackgroundKassim, S., & Croucher, R. (2012) · BMC Public Health · doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-486 · Cited by 13
“Though the literature reports that many factors can affect validity of self reported data such as recall and willingness of participants to report it [34-35], the concordance of self-reported data and medical records is sufficient to allow the use of self report [36-37].”
BackgroundExplaining selected health behaviors in a national sample of Taiwanese adults
Tsai, T.-I., Lee, S.-Y. D., & Tsai, Y. (2013) · Health Promotion International · doi:10.1093/heapro/dat085 · Cited by 13
“same level of stigma or sensitivity as behaviors such as substance abuse and domestic violence (Brener et al., 2003; Short et al., 2009).”
BackgroundThe influence of parent-child relationship on safety belt use among school children in Beirut
Habib, R. R., Hamdan, M., Al‐Sahab, B., Tamim, H., Mack, A., & Afifi, R. (2010) · Health Promotion International · doi:10.1093/heapro/daq038 · Cited by 13
“However, research has suggested that self report is an accurate measure of child health and adolescent risk behaviors generally (Brener et al., 2003; Riley, 2004) and of safety belt use specifically (Nelson, 1996; Parada, 2000; Zambon, Downloaded from…”
BackgroundComparison of self-reported HIV testing data with medical records data in Houston, TX 2012–2013
An, Q., Chronister, K. J., Song, R., Pearson, M., Pan, Y., Yang, B., Khuwaja, S. A., Hernandez, A. L., & Hall, H. I. (2016) · Annals of Epidemiology · doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.02.013 · Cited by 13
Test–Retest Reliability of Self-Reported Sexual Behavior History in Urbanized Nigerian Women
Dareng, E., Adebamowo, S. N., Eseyin, O. R., Odutola, M. K., Pharoah, P. D. P., & Adebamowo, C. (2017) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2017.00172 · Cited by 13
Morrison, S., Adler‐Baeder, F. M., Bub, K. L., & Duke, A. M. (2017) · Child & Youth Care Forum · doi:10.1007/s10566-017-9423-0 · Cited by 16
Birrell, L., Newton, N. C., Slade, T. N., Chapman, C., Mewton, L. R., MCBRIDE, N. T., Hides, L. M., Chatterton, M. L., ALLSOP, S. J., Healy, A., et al. (2018) · JMIR Research Protocols · doi:10.2196/11372 · Cited by 14
“Nonetheless, self-reported substance use has been shown to be both reliable and valid [53,54], especially when confidentiality is assured and when young people self administer surveys on the Web [55,85], both of which will occur in this study.”
Rimal, R. N., Yilma, H., Ryskulova, N., & Geber, S. (2018) · Accident Analysis & Prevention · doi:10.1016/j.aap.2018.09.034 · Cited by 13
Schick, M. R., Nalven, T., & Spillane, N. S. (2020) · American Journal of Orthopsychiatry · doi:10.1037/ort0000504 · Cited by 14
Racial/Ethnic Bullying Subtypes and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana Use Among US Adolescents
Hong, J. S., Kim, D. H., Hunter, S. C., Cleeland, L. R., Lee, C. A., Lee, J. J.-H., & Kim, J. (2021) · Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities · doi:10.1007/s40615-021-01081-w · Cited by 13
Daoust, R., Paquet, J., Williamson, D. R., Perry, J. J., Iseppon, M., Castonguay, V., Morris, J., & Cournoyer, A. (2022) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062984 · Cited by 12
Use of Traditional Smokeless, Snus, and Dissolvable Tobacco Among U.S. Youth
Dai, H. D., & Leventhal, A. M. (2022) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2022.09.011 · Cited by 12
Lohan, M., Gillespie, K., Aventin, Á., Gough, A., Warren, E. A., Lewis, R., Buckley, K., McShane, T., Brennan‐Wilson, A., Lagdon, S., et al. (2023) · Public Health Research · doi:10.3310/ywxq8757 · Cited by 12
Drug use in adolescents with mild intellectual disability in different living arrangements
Žunić‐Pavlović, V., Pavlović, M., & Glumbić, N. (2013) · Drugs Education Prevention and Policy · doi:10.3109/09687637.2013.767320 · Cited by 12
Lassalle, G., Recours, R., & Griffet, J. (2018) · Journal of Comparative Family Studies · doi:10.3138/jcfs.49.3.333 · Cited by 12
Birrell, L., Slade, T. N., Teesson, M., Prior, K., Chapman, C., Hides, L. M., MCBRIDE, N. T., Mewton, L. R., ALLSOP, S. J., Andrews, G., et al. (2020) · Drug and Alcohol Review · doi:10.1111/dar.13070 · Cited by 20
Khouja, J. N., Munafo, M. R., Relton, C. L., Taylor, A. E., Gage, S. H., & Richmond, R. C. (2020) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0235629 · Cited by 13
Dai, H. D., Pierce, J. P., Beseler, C. L., Abadi, A. M., Zoucha, K., Johnson, R., Buckley, J., & Ramos, A. K. (2022) · Journal of Adolescent Health · doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.09.021 · Cited by 14
Vargas‐Martínez, A. M., Lima‐Serrano, M., & Trapero‐Bertran, M. (2023) · Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · doi:10.1111/acer.14990 · Cited by 12
Treatment May Influence Self-Report and Jeopardize Our Understanding of Outcome
Nirenberg, T. D., Longabaugh, R., Baird, J. R., & Mello, M. J. (2013) · Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs · doi:10.15288/jsad.2013.74.770 · Cited by 12
A Comparison of Survey Techniques on Sensitive Sexual Behavior in Italy
Caltabiano, M., & Dalla‐Zuanna, G. (2012) · The Journal of Sex Research · doi:10.1080/00224499.2012.674573 · Cited by 12
“A review of literature on risk behaviors among adolescents by Brener et al. (2003) also found that CASI elicited higher reporting of sexual behaviors in only a few cases, as compared to SAQ and audio computer-assisted self-interviews (see also Morrison-Beedy, Carey, & Tu, 2006).”
The under‐controlled do it first: Childhood personality and sexual debut
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Bobáková, D. F., Kolarčík, P., Gecková, A. M., Klein, D., Reijneveld, S. A., & van Dijk, J. P. (2012) · Ethnicity and Health · doi:10.1080/13557858.2012.678305 · Cited by 12
“We can assume that the data on alcohol obtained via an interview can be more affected by social desirability and fear of reprisal, because the level of privacy and anonymity is lower when compared with the administration of self-reported questionnaires (Brener et al. 2003).”
ResultKolarčík, P., Gecková, A. M., Reijneveld, S. A., & van Dijk, J. P. (2014) · Journal of Interpersonal Violence · doi:10.1177/0886260514556103 · Cited by 12
Social Environment and Problem Behavior
March, A. L., & Atav, A. S. (2009) · The Journal of School Nursing · doi:10.1177/1059840509343112 · Cited by 16
“As noted by Brener et al. (2003), cognitive and situational perspectives may have altered the reporting.”
BackgroundWolinsky, F. D., Jones, M. P., Ullrich, F. A., Lou, Y., & Wehby, G. L. (2015) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/mlr.0000000000000338 · Cited by 12
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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