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Reliability and Validity of Retrospective Behavioral Self-Report By Narcotics Addicts

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  • M. Douglas Anglin

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

  • Yih-Ing Hser

    (University of California, Los Angeles)

  • Chih-Ping Chou

    (University of Southern California)

Abstract

Issues related to the reliability and validity of self-reported behavior within a deviant population are examined using data obtained from narcotics addicts in two face-to-face interviews conducted 10 years apart. The same measures of behavioral self-report for an overlapping period of 4-5 years were collected at each interview and were analyzed within a test-retest design. Agreement between measures obtained at the two recall points was reasonably good except for low-frequency behaviors and for measures of income and monetary costs. The correlation coefficients of the intervariable relationships measured at each interview increased as the constituent item reliabilities increased. Urinalyses conducted at each interview generally validated recent self-reported narcotics use.

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  • M. Douglas Anglin & Yih-Ing Hser & Chih-Ping Chou, 1993. "Reliability and Validity of Retrospective Behavioral Self-Report By Narcotics Addicts," Evaluation Review, , vol. 17(1), pages 91-108, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:17:y:1993:i:1:p:91-108
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9301700107
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    2. Sutton, James E., 2010. "A review of the life-events calendar method for criminological research," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 38(5), pages 1038-1044, September.
    3. Kirk Elifson & Hugh Klein & Claire Sterk, 2010. "Factors associated with condom use among young adult ecstasy users," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 55(6), pages 571-579, December.
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    5. Hser, Yih-Ing & Evans, Elizabeth, 2008. "Cross-system data linkage for treatment outcome evaluation: Lessons learned from the California Treatment Outcome Project," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 125-135, May.

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