How good is fine-grained Timeline Follow-back data? Comparing 30-day TLFB and repeated 7-day TLFB alcohol consumption reports on the person and daily level

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1138-1143

  Hoeppner, Bettina B ^a   Stout, Robert L ^b   Jackson, Kristina M ^a   Barnett, Nancy P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Retrospective recall of alcohol consumption; Timeline Follow back; Web based surveys

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TIMELINE FOLLOW BACK METHOD; WEB BROWSER;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77956648723     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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