Effects of question format and collection mode on the accuracy of retrospective surveys of health risk behavior: A comparison with daily sexual activity diaries

Health Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-67

  McAuliffe, Timothy L ^a   DiFranceisco, Wayne ^a   Reed, Barbara R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy of retrospective surveys; Data collection mode; Diary; Sexual behavior data; Survey question format

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33846093515     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.26.1.60     Document Type: Article

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