Mode effects for collecting alcohol and tobacco data among 3rd and 4th grade students: A randomized pilot study of Web-form versus paper-form surveys

McCabe, Sean Esteban; Boyd, Carol J.; Young, Amy; Crawford, Scott; Pope, Duston

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.08.012

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“…Couper, 2011): from simple paper questionnaires adapted for presentation on computer screens, more sophisticated variants including multimedia components, such as audio or video recordings up to surveys administered over the Internet. In particular, web-based surveys have received considerable attention in recent years (e.g., Kays et al, 2012;McCabe et al, 2005), partly because they have been credited with greater anonymity that supposedly should lead to higher self-disclosure of respondents (Buchanan, 2000;Joinson, 1999;Richman et al, 1999;Trau et al;. The presented meta-analysis seized this assertion and empirically confirmed the effect of survey computerization on the disclosure of sensitive behaviors.…”

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“…However, existing empirical support for this assumption is inconclusive. Some studies identified the hypothesized effect (e.g., Kays, Gathercoal, & Burow, 2012;Wang, Lee, Lew-Ting, Hsiao, Chen, & Chen, 2005), whereas others did not (e.g., Lucia, Herrmann, & Killias, 2007;McCabe, Boyd, Young, Crawford, & Pope, 2005). Thus, hidden moderators might determine the effectiveness of computerized surveys for the disclosure of sensitive information.…”

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Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

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In surveys, individuals tend to misreport behaviors that are in contrast to prevalent social norms or regulations. Several design features of the survey procedure have been suggested to counteract this problem; particularly, computerized surveys are supposed to elicit more truthful responding. This assumption was tested in a meta-analysis of survey experiments reporting 460 effect sizes (total N =125,672). Self-reported prevalence rates of several sensitive behaviors for which motivated misreporting has been frequently observed were compared across self-administered paper-andpencil versus computerized surveys. The results revealed that computerized surveys led to significantly more reporting of socially undesirable behaviors than comparable surveys administered on paper. This effect was strongest for highly sensitive behaviors and surveys administered individually to respondents. Moderator analyses did not identify interviewer effects or benefits of audio-enhanced computer surveys. The meta-analysis highlighted the advantages of computerized survey modes for the assessment of sensitive topics.

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Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

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“…Several questionnaires have been adapted to online forms and data has been flowing steadily from these tools. The psychometric quality of data gathered on the internet, by means of online questionnaires, has been extensively scrutinized and several studies have tried to understand how the internet may affect the validity and the reliability of different questionnaires and psychometric scales (Bates & Cox, 2008;Bressani & Downs, 2002;Buchanan et al, 2005;Carlbring et al, 2007;Fish, McGuire, Hogan, Morrison, & Stewart, 2010;Hedman et al, 2010;Herrero & Meneses, 2006;Hewson & Charlton, 2005;Im et al, 2005;Luce et al, 2007;McCabe, Boyd, Young, Crawford, & Pope, 2005;Meyerson & Tryon, 2003;Miller et al, 2002;Naus, Philipp, & Samsi, 2009;Riva, Teruzzi, & Anolli, 2003;Suris, Borman, Lind, & Kashner, 2007). Some of the advantages of the internet data collection, when compared to the traditional paper-and-pencil selfreport, mail and telephone surveys, include a lower cost, a larger sampling frame which may include geographically distant areas, respondent commodity, absence of interviewer biased responses, easy database creation, reduced data typos and commodity of data analysis.…”

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“…Studies of the equivalence between internet and paperand-pencil forms have been conducted with several measurement instruments for diverse areas, such as alcohol and drug abuse (McCabe et al, 2005;Miller et al, 2002), sexual desire clues (Meyerson & Tryon, 2003), stress and depression (Herrero & Meneses, 2006;Naus et al, 2009), panic/agoraphobia (Carlbring et al, 2007), aggression, impulsivity, health functioning (Suris et al, 2007), psychological assessment (Naus et al, 2009;Suris et al, 2007), prospective memory (Buchanan et al, 2005), social anxiety disorder (Hedman et al, 2010), personality testing (Buchanan & Smith, 1999;Naus et al, 2009) and Chronic Pain Acceptance (Fish et al, 2010).…”

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“…Several studies have shown that some instruments maintain their psychometric properties when adapted to the internet, when compared to the traditional paper-and-pencil format (Bates & Cox, 2008;Bressani & Downs, 2002;Fish et al, 2010;Herrero & Meneses, 2006;Hewson & Charlton, 2005;McCabe et al, 2005;Meyerson & Tryon, 2003;Thorndike et al, 2009). However, several other reports have shown that the reliability, validity and factor structure of instruments adapted to the internet were not equivalent to the observed in paper-and-pencil applications (Buchanan et al, 2005;Finegan & Allen, 1994;Hedman et al, 2010;Im et al, 2005;Luce et al, 2007;Naus et al, 2009;Suris et al, 2007;Whitener & Klein, 1995).…”

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Reliability and validity of self-reported burnout in college students: A cross randomized comparison of paper-and-pencil vs. online administration

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Zucoloto

Bonafé

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Computers in Human Behavior

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a b s t r a c tInternet data collection is becoming increasingly popular in all research fields dealing with human perceptions, behaviors and opinions. Advantages of internet data collection, when compared to the traditional paper-and-pencil format, include reduced costs, automatic database creation, and the absence of researcher-related bias effects, such as availability and complete anonymity. However, the validity and reliability of internet gathered data must be established, in comparison to the usual paper-and-pencil accepted formats, before an inferential analysis can be done. In this study, we compared questionnaire data gathered from the internet with that from the traditional paper-and-pencil in a sample of college students. The questionnaires used were the Maslach Burnout Inventory -Student Survey (MBI-SS), the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OBI-SS) and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI-SS). Data was gathered through a within-subject cross randomized and counterbalanced design, on both internet and paper-and-pencil formats. The results showed no interference in the application order, and a good reliability for both formats. However, concordance between answers was generally higher in the paperand-pencil format than on the internet. The factorial structure was invariant in the three burnout inventories. Data gathered in this study supports the Internet as a convenient, user-friendly, comfortable and secure data gathering method which does not affect the accepted factorial structures existent in the paper format of the three burnout inventories used.

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Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion Among Adolescents in a Southeast Michigan School District

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McCabe²,

Cranford³

et al. 2007

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Objectives:To determine the prevalence of medical use of 4 classes of prescription medications relative to nonmedical use (illicit use), to examine the relative rates among the 4 drug classes, and to assess whether gender differences exist in the trading, selling, loaning, or giving away of medications.Design: A Web-based survey was administered to 7th-to 12th-grade students residing in 1 ethnically diverse school district; a 68% response rate was achieved.Setting: During a 3-week period in May 2005, teachers brought students to their schools' computing center where students took the survey using a unique personal identification number to sign on to the survey.Participants: There were 1086 secondary students, including 586 girls, 498 boys, 484 black students, and 565 white students. Main Outcome Measures:Students were asked about their medical and nonmedical use of sleeping, sedative or anxiety, stimulant, and pain medications. Diversion of prescription medication was assessed by determining who asked the student to divert his or her prescription and who received it.Results: Thirty-six percent of students reported having a recent prescription for 1 of the 4 drug classes. A higher percentage of girls reported giving away their medications than boys (27.5% vs 17.4%, respectively; 2 1 =6.7; P =.01); girls were significantly more likely than boys to divert to female friends (64.0% vs 21.2%, respectively; 2 1 =17.5; PϽ.001) whereas boys were more likely than girls to divert to male friends (45.5% vs 25.6%, respectively; 2 1 =4.4; P =.04). Ten percent diverted their drugs to parents. Conclusion:Physicians should discuss the proper use of prescription medications with their patients and their patients' families.

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Mode effects for collecting alcohol and tobacco data among 3rd and 4th grade students: A randomized pilot study of Web-form versus paper-form surveys

Cited by 32 publications

References 19 publications

Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

Disclosure of sensitive behaviors across self-administered survey modes: a meta-analysis

Reliability and validity of self-reported burnout in college students: A cross randomized comparison of paper-and-pencil vs. online administration

Prescription Drug Abuse and Diversion Among Adolescents in a Southeast Michigan School District

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