Respondent misreporting of drug use in self-reports: Social desirability and other correlates

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-292

  Sloan III, John J ^a   Bodapati, Madhava R ^b   Tucker, Tanya A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3042723775     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260403400202     Document Type: Article

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