The Validity of Self-Reported Data on Drug Use
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...Self-reported drug use, for example, is typically compared to urinalysis results or analyses of hair samples (Harrison, 1995)....
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...It should also be noted that some authors argue that current levels of specificity of hair analysis mean that it cannot be used with acceptable accuracy (Harrison, 1995)....
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...A substantial amount of work has been conducted on the validity of self-reported drug use among IDU (Ball, 1967; Cox and Longwell, 1974; Amsel et al., 1976; Bale, 1979; Bale et al., 1981a,b; Magura et al., 1987; Magura and Lipton, 1988; National Institute of Justice, 1991; Darke et al., 1992; Falck et al., 1992; Magura et al., 1992; Sherman and Bigelow, 1992; Ehrman and Robbins, 1994; Hindin et al., 1994; Zanis et al., 1994; Harrison, 1995; Adelekan et al., 1996a) (Table 2)....
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...Under reporting is characteristic of recent arrestees (Fendrich and Xu, 1994; Harrison, 1995; Magura and Kang, 1996); for less socially acceptable drugs (e.g., cocaine) (Lundy et al., 1997; Wish, Hoffman and Nemes, 1997); when parents are present (Aquilino, 1997); and when answers are given…...
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...Under reporting is characteristic of recent arrestees (Fendrich and Xu, 1994; Harrison, 1995; Magura and Kang, 1996); for less socially acceptable drugs (e....
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...The accuracy of self-report of drug users, including young people, participating in research studies has been investigated previously and has been found to be reliable in studies which assure participants of confidentiality and the value of the data (Oetting & Beauvais 1990; Harrison 1995; Darke 1998)....
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...…accuracy of self-report of drug users, including young people, participating in research studies has been investigated previously and has been found to be reliable in studies which assure participants of confidentiality and the value of the data (Oetting & Beauvais 1990; Harrison 1995; Darke 1998)....
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...These data are most likely to involve underestimation of true levels of drinking and its consequences for reasons of social desirability, though the possibility of exaggeration should also not be ignored [66,67]....
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