Self and Proxy Reports of Everyday Events

Mingay, David J.; Shevell, Steven K.; Bradburn, Norman M.; Ramirez, Carl

doi:10.1007/978-1-4612-2624-6_16

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“…Recording a lapse might fix it in memory; recording many similar events could interfere with recall. Previous reports indicate that diary keeping generally has little effect on recall (e.g., Mingay et al, 1994). Finally, the fact that a palm-top computer was used to record the original event, whereas a written questionnaire was used to report recall, seems to have introduced method effects into our comparisons, and thus impeded our assessment of bias.…”

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Remember that? A comparison of real-time versus retrospective recall of smoking lapses.

Shiffman¹,

Hufford²,

Hickcox³

et al. 1997

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

339

263

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Research and treatment assessments often rely on retrospective recall of events. The accuracy of recall was tested using accounts of smoking lapse episodes from 127 participants who had quit smoking, and lapses and temptations were recorded in near-real time using a hand-held computer. These computer records were compared with retrospective accounts elicited 12 weeks later, with a focus on recall of lapses in 4 content domains: mood, activity, episode Triggers, and abstinence violation effects. Recall of lapses was quite poor: Average kappas for items ranged from 0.18 to 0.27. Mean profile rs assessing recall for the overall pattern of behavior were .36, .30, .33, and .44 for these domains, respectively. In recall, participants overestimated their negative affect and the number of cigarettes they had smoked during the lapse, and their recall was influenced by current smoking status. The findings suggest caution in the use of recall in research and intervention.

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“…Still, our study involved recording and recall of a meaningful event by a community sample, whereas most studies of autobiographical memory have used college students or professors recalling a stream of mundane events (e.g. Mingay, Shevell, Bradburn, & Ramirez, 1994).…”

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Remember that? A comparison of real-time versus retrospective recall of smoking lapses.

Shiffman¹,

Hufford²,

Hickcox³

et al. 1997

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

339

263

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“…Empirically, studies based on the collection of self-and proxy-reports from two members of the same household obtained moderate degrees of agreement between self-and proxy-reports of daily behaviors (e.g., Mingay, Shevell, Bradburn, & Ramirez, 1994;Skowronski, Betz, Thompson, Walker, & Shannon, 1994;Sudmanet al, 1994). Not surprisingly, the agreement between self-and proxy-reports is highest for behaviors in which both household members participated, in which case proxy-respondents can draw on their memory for their own behavior to arrive at a report about the other household member.…”

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Asking Questions About Behavior: Cognition, Communication, and Questionnaire Construction

Schwarz

Oyserman²

2001

American Journal of Evaluation

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Evaluation researchers frequently obtain self-reports of behaviors, asking program participants to report on process and outcome-relevant behaviors. Unfortunately, reporting on one’s behavior poses a difficult cognitive task, and participants’ reports can be profoundly influenced by question wording, format, and context. We review the steps involved in answering a question about one’s behavior and highlight the underlying cognitive and communicative processes. We alert researchers to what can go wrong and provide theoretically grounded recommendations for pilot testing and questionnaire construction.

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“…Diary reports tend to yield higher estimates than recall for a range of activities, such as nutrient intake (McNaughton et al 2005), alcohol consumption (Heeb and Gmel 2005), and child injury (Fonseca et al 2002). These findings apply to self and proxy recall reports, both of which tend to underestimate diary records of daily activities (Mingay et al 1994). For this study of household water use, I hypothesized that the diary method would yield the largest estimate, prompted recall would yield a smaller estimate, and free recall would yield the smallest estimate of household water use.…”

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Estimating Household Water Use: A Comparison of Diary, Prompted Recall, and Free Recall Methods

Wutich

2008

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Studies of household water use are often based on retrospective behavioral reports, which are vulnerable to threats to informant accuracy. This article compares three methods for collecting household water use data: a diary, prompted recall, and free recall. The analyses are based on data from seventy-two randomly selected households in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Per capita water use estimates based on the three methods were significantly different. When compared against known parameters, the diary provided the most accurate estimate of household water use. The prompted recall method yielded similar results to the diary method on hygienic and food preparation tasks, but there were significant differences on household cleaning tasks. The free recall method significantly underestimated water use. There were not significant differences in water use assessments within households, but there was variation in misestimation across households. The article discusses which participants (e.g., heads of less water-consumptive households) provided more reliable water use estimates.

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Self and Proxy Reports of Everyday Events

Cited by 12 publications

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Remember that? A comparison of real-time versus retrospective recall of smoking lapses.

Remember that? A comparison of real-time versus retrospective recall of smoking lapses.

Asking Questions About Behavior: Cognition, Communication, and Questionnaire Construction

Estimating Household Water Use: A Comparison of Diary, Prompted Recall, and Free Recall Methods

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