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Assessment of factors affecting the validity of self-reported health-risk behavior among adolescents: evidence from the scientific literature
Abstract
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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“we ensured privacy and gave participants self-administered computerized assessments. The use of such techniques shows reliability and validity for self-report (Brener, Billy, & Grady, 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
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- 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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