Inconsistent reports of sexual intercourse among South African high school students
Inconsistent reports of sexual intercourse among South African high school students
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.024
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Vergnani, Tania
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作者：
Palen, Lori-Ann;Smith, Edward A.;Vergnani, Tania
目的：本研究旨在描述在南非青少年样本中不一致的性行为报告的模式。方法：使用5个半年一次的数据波来评估报告的终生性行为的一致性。比值比与不一致的人口变量报告和一般和风险行为特定可靠性问题的潜在指标有关。结果：在性活跃的参与者中，近40%的人在早期的评估中报告了性行为后仍然是处女。不一致的报告不能通过性别或种族或可靠性差的一般指标（不一致的性别和出生年份报告）来预测。然而，性行为报告不一致的个体更有可能是不一致的物质使用报告。结论：这些结果表明，研究人员需要努力专门处理不一致的风险行为数据。这些措施可能包括修改数据收集程序和使用统计方法，以解释答复不一致的原因。(C) 2008年青少年医学学会。版权所有。
Purpose: This study aims to describe patterns of inconsistent reports of sexual intercourse among a sample of South African adolescents.Methods: Consistency of reported lifetime sexual intercourse was assessed using five semiannual waves of data. Odds ratios related inconsistent reporting to demographic variables and potential indicators of general and risk-behavior-specific reliability problems.Results: Of the sexually active participants in the sample, nearly 40% reported being virgins after sexual activity had been reported at an earlier assessment. Inconsistent reporting could not be predicted by gender or race or by general indicators of poor reliability (inconsistent reporting of gender and birth year). However individuals with inconsistent reports of sexual intercourse were more likely to be inconsistent reporters of substance use.Conclusions: These results suggest that researchers need to undertake efforts to deal specifically with inconsistent risk behavior data. These may include modification of data collection procedures and use of statistical methodologies that can account for response inconsistencies. (C) 2008 Society for Adolescent Medicine. All rights reserved.