Faculty Articles
Validity of Alcoholics' Self-Reports: Duration Data
ORCID
0000-0001-7705-3993
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
The International Journal of Addictions
ISSN
1082-6084
Publication Date
1981
Abstract
The validity of alcohol abusers' self-reports of the number of days associated with alcohol-related incarcerations and hospitalizations was investigated using a recently developed time-line follow-back interviewing technique. It was felt that duration data (number of days per occurrence) would be more sensitve than incidence data (number of occurrences) to certain types of invalidity. Results indicated that the majority of both residential and outpatient subjects provided relatively accurate self-reports of the number of days they had been incarcerated during the 360 days preceding their entry into treatment. Discrepancies most frequently resulted from subjects overreporting days incarcerated as compared with official records.
DOI
10.3109/10826088109038841
Volume
16
Issue
3
First Page
401
Last Page
406
NSUWorks Citation
Cooper, A. M.,
Sobell, M. B.,
Sobell, L. C.,
Maisto, S. A.
(1981). Validity of Alcoholics' Self-Reports: Duration Data. The International Journal of Addictions, 16(3), 401-406.
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