Inconsistencies in self-reported drug use by adolescents in substance abuse treatment: Implications for outcome and performance measurements

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-355

  Harris, Katherine M ^a   Griffin, Beth Ann ^a   McCaffrey, Daniel F ^a   Morral, Andrew R ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Adolescent; Outcome measurement; Performance measurement; Recant; Response error; Self report; Substance use

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39849111051     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Aday L. Designing and conducting health surveys (1996), Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2. Appel P.W., Hoffman J.H., Blane H.T., Frank B., Oldak R., and Burke M. Comparison of self-report and hair analysis in detecting cocaine use in a homeless/transient sample. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (2001) 47-55
3. Blaney P.H. Affect and memory: A review. Psychological Bulletin 99 (1986) 229-246
4. Colon H.M., Robles R.R., and Sahai H. The validity of drug use responses in a household survey in Puerto Rico: Comparison of survey responses of cocaine and heroin use with hair tests. International Journal of Epidemiology 30 (2001) 1042-1049
5. Colon H.M., Robles R.R., and Sahai H. The validity of drug use self-reports among hard core drug users in a household survey in Puerto Rico: Comparison of survey responses of cocaine and heroin use with hair tests. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 67 (2002) 269-279
6. Dennis M.L. Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN) manual: Administration, scoring and interpretation (1999), Lighthouse Publications, Bloomington, IL
7. Dennis M.L., Foss M.A., and Scott C.K. Improving self-reported recency of drug use utilizing historical data and onsite urine testing feedback (2005), College of Problems on Drug Dependence, Orlando, FL
8. Dennis M.L., McDermeit M., and Funk R. Preliminary data tables and charts for cross-site analysis of the Adolescent Treatment Models study (ATM/MASC). Chestnut Health Systems (2002) [Unpublished working paper]
9. Dennis M.L., Titus J.C., Diamond G., Donaldson J., Godley S.H., et al. The cannabis youth treatment (CYT) experiment: Rationale, study design, and analysis plans. Addiction 97 Suppl 1 (2002) 16-34
10. Fendrich M. The undeniable problem of recanting. Addiction 100 (2005) 143-144
11. Fendrich M., and Johnson T.P. Race/ethnicity differences in the validity of self-reported drug use: Results from a household survey. Journal of Urban Health 82 (2005) iii67-iii81
12. Fendrich M., Johnson T.P., Sudman S., Wislar J.S., and Spiehler V. Validity of drug use reporting in a high-risk community sample: A comparison of cocaine and heroin survey reports with hair tests. American Journal of Epidemiology 149 (1999) 955-962
13. Fendrich M., and Rosenbaum D.P. Recanting of substance use reports in a longitudinal prevention study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 70 (2003) 241-253
14. Fendrich M., and Vaughn C.M. Diminished lifetime substance use over time. Public Opinion Quarterly 58 (1994) 96-123
15. Gfroerer J., Wright D., and Kopstein A. Prevalence of youth substance use: The impact of methodological differences between two national surveys. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 47 (1997) 19-30
16. Godley M.D., Kahn J.H., Dennis M.L., Godley S.H., and Funk R.R. The stability and impact of environmental factors on substance use and problems after adolescent outpatient treatment for cannabis abuse or dependence. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 19 (2005) 62-70
17. Johnson T.P., and Mott J.A. The reliability of self-reported age of onset of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use. Addiction 96 (2001) 1187-1198
18. Johnston L.D., and O'Malley P.M. The recanting of earlier reported drug use by young adults. In: Harrison L., and Hughes A. (Eds). The validity of self-reported drug use: Improving the accuracy of survey estimates (1997), National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, MD 59-80
19. Kessler R.C., Chiu W.T., Demler O., Merikangas K.R., and Walters E.E. Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of 12-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Archives of General Psychiatry 62 (2005) 617-627
20. Knight K., Hiller M.L., Simpson D.D., and Broome K.M. The validity of self-reported cocaine use in a criminal justice treatment sample. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 24 (1998) 647-660
21. Lennox R., Dennis M.L., Scott C.K., and Funk R. Combining psychometric and biometric measures of substance use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 83 (2006) 95-103
22. Little R.J.A., and Rubin D.B. Statistical analysis with missing data (1987), Wiley, New York
23. In: Mee-Lee D., Shulman G., Fishman M., Gastfriend D., and Griffith J. (Eds). ASAM Patient Placement Criteria for the Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders, 2nd Edition-Revised (ASAM PPC-2R) (2001), American Society of Addiction Medicine, Inc, Chevy Chase, MD 179-271
24. Morral A.R., McCaffrey D.F., and Chien S. Measurement of adolescent drug use. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 35 (2003) 301-309
25. Morral A.R., McCaffrey D., and Iguchi M.Y. Hardcore drug users claim to be occasional users: Drug use frequency underreporting. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 57 (2000) 193-202
26. Morral A.R., McCaffrey D.F., Ridgeway G.K., Mukherji A., and Beighley C. The relative effectiveness of 10 adolescent substance abuse treatment programs in the U.S. (2006), Rep. TR-346-CSAT, RAND, Arlington, VA
27. Patrick D.L., Cheadle A., Thompson D.C., Diehr P., Koepsell T., and Kinne S. The validity of self-reported smoking: A review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Public Health 84 (1994) 1086-1093
28. Percy A., McAlister S., Higgins K., McCrystal P., and Thornton M. Response consistency in young adolescents' drug use self-reports: A recanting rate analysis. Addiction 100 (2005) 189-196
29. Shillington A.M., and Clapp J.D. Self-report stability of adolescent substance use: Are there differences for gender, ethnicity and age?. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 60 (2000) 19-27
30. In: Stevens S.J., and Morral A.R. (Eds). Adolescent substance abuse treatment in the United States: Exemplary models from a national evaluation study (2003), The Haworth Press, New York 296
31. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. National outcome measures (2006). http://www.nationaloutcomemeasures.samhsa.gov/./outcome/index.asp
32. Tassiopoulos K., Bernstein J., Heeren T., Levenson S., Hingson R., and Bernstein E. Predictors of disclosure of continued cocaine use. Addictive Behaviors 31 (2006) 80-89
33. Watkins P.C., Vache K., Verney S.P., Muller S., and Mathews A. Unconscious mood-congruent memory bias in depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 105 (1996) 34-41
34. Wish E.D., Hoffman J.A., and Nemes S. The validity of self-reports of drug use at treatment admission and at followup: Comparisons with urinalysis and hair assays. NIDA Research Monograph 167 (1997) 200-226