A comparison of the accuracy and reactivity of methods of monitoring male sexual behavior

Reading, Anthony E.

doi:10.1007/bf01343635

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“…Daily diaries have been used to evaluate the validity of retrospective recall. In a study of 25 men assessing 1-month retrospective interview recall with their diaries, correlations approaching r = .9 were reported for frequency of sexual intercourse (Reading, 1983). This was consistent even in those with the same, regular sex partner for whom "lack of distinctness" of routine may make recall more difficult than those with new partners.…”

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Accuracy of Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) and Self-Administered Questionnaires for the Assessment of Sexual Behavior

2006

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This study examined the accuracy of two retrospective methods and assessment intervals for recall of sexual behavior and assessed predictors of recall accuracy. Using a 2 [mode: audio-computer assisted self-interview (ACASI) vs. self-administered questionnaire (SAQ)] by 2 (frequency: monthly vs. quarterly) design, young women (N = 102) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions. Participants completed baseline measures, monitored their behavior with a daily diary, and returned monthly (or quarterly) for assessments. A mixed pattern of accuracy between the four assessment methods was identified. Monthly assessments yielded more accurate recall for protected and unprotected vaginal sex but quarterly assessments yielded more accurate recall for unprotected oral sex. Mode differences were not strong, and hypothesized predictors of accuracy tended not to be associated with recall accuracy. Choice of assessment mode and frequency should be based upon the research question(s), population, resources, and context in which data collection will occur.

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Accuracy of Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) and Self-Administered Questionnaires for the Assessment of Sexual Behavior

2006

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“…Self-monitoring data may be particularly prone to distortion, owing to reactivity to the act of recording the behavior, although previous studies of sexual behavior [39,40] have suggested that the magnitude of reactivity with self-monitoring may be small. Although the increase in coital events reported on the TLFB calendar could represent a true increase in coital behavior, it is possible that the increase could signify an increase in reporting owing to decrease in recall bias (as seen in diet reporting), decrease in social desirability bias (as participants became more comfortable with reporting sexual behavior), and increase in desire to please the investigator (by reporting more coital events than actually occurred to aid in achieving study goals).…”

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A Momentary Sampling Study of the Affective Experience Following Coital Events in Adolescents

Shrier

Shih

Hacker

et al. 2007

Journal of Adolescent Health

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“…We used the daily diary as a reference standard for assessing accuracy of retrospective recall. Although a daily diary may not be 100% accurate, such a contemporaneous monitoring strategy addresses some of the key limitations of retrospective assessment, such as recall bias (Graham et al 2003; Jaccard et al 2002; Reading, 1983; Shrier et al 2005). …”

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Comparing multiple sensitivities and specificities with different diagnostic criteria: Applications to sexual abuse and sexual health research

Tang

et al. 2008

Computational Statistics & Data Analysis

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SummaryWhen comparing sensitivities and specificities from multiple diagnostic tests, particularly in biomedical research, the different test kits under study are applied to groups of subjects with the same disease status for a disease or medical condition under consideration. Although this process gives rise to clustered or correlated test outcomes, the associated inference issues are well recognized and have been widely discussed in the literature. In mental health and psychosocial research, sensitivity and specificity have also been widely used to study the reliability of instrument for diagnosing mental health and psychiatric conditions and assessing certain behavioral patterns. However, unlike biomedical applications, outcomes are often obtained under varying reference standards or different diagnostic criteria, precluding the application of existing methods for comparing multiple diagnostic tests to such a research setting. In this paper, we develop a new approach to address these problems (including that of missing data) by extending recent work on inference using inverse probability weighted estimates. The approach is illustrated with data from two studies in sexual abuse and health research as well as a limited simulation study, with the latter used to study the performance of the proposed procedure.

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A comparison of the accuracy and reactivity of methods of monitoring male sexual behavior

Cited by 36 publications

References 20 publications

Accuracy of Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) and Self-Administered Questionnaires for the Assessment of Sexual Behavior

Accuracy of Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI) and Self-Administered Questionnaires for the Assessment of Sexual Behavior

A Momentary Sampling Study of the Affective Experience Following Coital Events in Adolescents

Comparing multiple sensitivities and specificities with different diagnostic criteria: Applications to sexual abuse and sexual health research

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