Self-reports of HIV risk factors by patients at a sexually transmitted disease clinic: audio vs written questionnaires.

Boekeloo, Bradley O.; Schiavo, Luigi; Rabin, David L.; Conlon, Ross; Jordan, Cathy; Mundt, Diane J.

doi:10.2105/ajph.84.5.754

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“…Men reported higher sexual risk taking scores overall and obtained higher scores on the survey format than during the interview. The finding that men reported more risk taking behavior in the survey condition is consistent with previous research that has found that people are more likely to underreport high risk behaviors more frequently in face-to-face interviews than in more anonymous conditions, suggesting the effects of self-presentation concerns (Boekeloo et al, 1994;Siegel, Krauss, & Karus, 1994). However, it must be noted that the effect size for the sex difference in total SRS scores was small.…”

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Measurement of Sexual Risk Taking Among College Students

2008

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Current measures of sexual risk taking are either too narrowly focused to be used with college students or do not have adequate psychometric properties. The goal of the current study was to develop a broad and psychometrically sound measure of sexual risk taking. A total of 613 undergraduate students (302 men, 311 women) at a mid-sized Midwestern university in the U.S. were surveyed to develop and gather reliability and validity information on a new measure of sexual risk, the Sexual Risk Survey (SRS). The measure was found to be multifactorial with five factors. The measure was found to have good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The SRS also demonstrated evidence of convergent and concurrent validity by its relationships with reported number of sexual partners and history of infidelity as well as measures of sensation seeking, sexual desire, substance use, sexual excitation and inhibition, and sexual health consequences. Social desirability was not found to be related to sexual risk taking scores and threat of sexual disclosure was only weakly related. An investigation of sex differences revealed that men reported greater intentions to engage in sexual risk behaviors and greater overall sexual risk taking behavior compared to women. The SRS provides researchers with a valid and comprehensive measure of sexual risk taking that can be used to clarify inconsistent findings in the literature and to assess outcome in programs designed to prevent and reduce sexual risk behaviors among college students.

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2008

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“…Use of audiotaped (cf. Boekeloo et al, 1994) or audio compact disc-administered sexual risk surveys warrants further study. Assessment will remain difficult due to the frailty of memory.…”

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Enhancing motivation to reduce the risk of HIV infection for economically disadvantaged urban women.

Carey¹,

Maisto²,

Kalichman³

et al. 1997

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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This research evaluated a motivation-based HIV-risk-reduction intervention for economically disadvantaged urban women. Participants completed a survey that assessed HIV-related knowledge, risk perceptions, behavioral intentions, sexual communication, substance use, and risk behavior. A total of 102 at-risk women (76% African-American) were randomly assigned to either the riskreduction intervention or to a waiting list. Women were reassessed at three and twelve weeks. Results indicated that treated women increased their knowledge and risk awareness, strengthened their intentions to adopt safer sexual practices, communicated their intentions with partners, reduced substance use proximal to sexual activities, and engaged in fewer acts of unprotected vaginal intercourse. These effects were observed immediately and most were maintained at follow-up.

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“…Some studies find that selfadministered instruments, either of the paper and pencil variety or computer assisted, reduce measurement error and tend to produce reports of higher frequencies of sensitive sexual and drug using behaviors than do face-to-face interview methods (Boekeloo et al, 1994;Des Jarlais et al, 1999;Le, Blum, Magnani, Hewett, & Do, 2006;Romer et al, 1997;Simoes, Bastos, Moreira, Lynch, & Metzger, 2006a;Turner et al, 1998). It is thought that higher frequencies of sexual behaviors, particularly stigmatized behaviors, reflect greater validity since adults may seek to manage their public image by underreporting such behaviors (Catania et al, 1990).…”

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Test–Retest Reliability and Predictors of Unreliable Reporting for a Sexual Behavior Questionnaire for U.S. Men

Nyitray

Harris²,

Abalos

et al. 2009

Arch Sex Behav

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Accurate knowledge about human sexual behaviors is important for increasing our understanding of human sexuality; however, there have been few studies assessing the reliability of sexual behavior questionnaires designed for community samples of adult men. A test-retest reliability study was conducted on a questionnaire completed by 334 men who had been recruited in Tucson, Arizona. Reliability coefficients and refusal rates were calculated for 39 non-sexual and sexual behavior questionnaire items. Predictors of unreliable reporting for lifetime number of female sexual partners were also assessed. Refusal rates were generally low, with slightly higher refusal rates for questions related to immigration, income, the frequency of sexual intercourse with women, lifetime number of female sexual partners, and the lifetime number of male anal sex partners. Kappa and intraclass correlation coefficients were substantial or almost perfect for all non-sexual and sexual behavior items. Reliability dropped somewhat, but was still substantial, for items that asked about household income and the men's knowledge of their sexual partners' health, including abnormal Pap tests and prior sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Age and lifetime number of female sexual partners were independent predictors of unreliable reporting while years of education was inversely associated with unreliable reporting. These findings among a community sample of adult men are consistent with other test-retest reliability studies with populations of women and adolescents.

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Self-reports of HIV risk factors by patients at a sexually transmitted disease clinic: audio vs written questionnaires.

Cited by 78 publications

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Measurement of Sexual Risk Taking Among College Students

Measurement of Sexual Risk Taking Among College Students

Enhancing motivation to reduce the risk of HIV infection for economically disadvantaged urban women.

Test–Retest Reliability and Predictors of Unreliable Reporting for a Sexual Behavior Questionnaire for U.S. Men

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