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A mixed-mode sensitive research on cannabis use and sexual addiction: improving self-reporting by means of indirect questioning techniques

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  • Pier Francesco Perri

    (University of Calabria)

  • Beatriz Cobo Rodríguez

    (University of Granada)

  • María del Mar Rueda García

    (University of Granada)

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In this article, we describe the methods employed and the results obtained from a mixed-mode “sensitive research” conducted in Spain to estimate certain aspects concerning patterns of cannabis consumption and sexual addiction among university students. Three different data-collection methods are considered and compared: direct questioning, randomized response technique and item sum technique. It is shown that posing direct questions to obtain sensitive data produces significantly lower estimates of the surveyed characteristics than do indirect questioning methods. From the analysis, it emerges that male students seem to be more affected by sex addiction than female students while for cannabis consumption there is no evidence of a predominant gender effect.

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  • Pier Francesco Perri & Beatriz Cobo Rodríguez & María del Mar Rueda García, 2018. "A mixed-mode sensitive research on cannabis use and sexual addiction: improving self-reporting by means of indirect questioning techniques," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 52(4), pages 1593-1611, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:52:y:2018:i:4:d:10.1007_s11135-017-0537-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11135-017-0537-0
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