Parallel accounts? Discrepancies between self-report (diary) and recall (questionnaire) measures of the same sexual behaviour

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-234

  Coxon, A P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTURBATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENTAL RECALL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033007777     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129948108     Document Type: Article

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