ArticlePrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2023
Inconsistencies in Adolescent Self-Reported Sexual Behavior: Experience from Four Randomized Controlled Trials.
Article in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Consistency of Adolescent Self-Report of Age at First Engagement in Five Sexual Behaviors.Journal of sex research · 2026Article
- Factors Associated With the Syndromic Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW): Findings From the Namibia DREAMS Program.Journal of tropical medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluating the level of knowledge of HIV prevention methods and associated socio-demographic factors among adolescents before and after participating in health education in Nimule town of South Sudan.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Examining the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and sexual risk-taking in dually diagnosed adolescents.Journal of traumatic stress · 2024Article
- Abstinence beliefs in early adolescence and sexual risk behavior two years later.Journal of adolescence · 2024Article
- The longitudinal association between sexual violence victimization and sexual risk behavior in adolescence.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
To examine the degree, correlates, and implications of inconsistent self-report data on sexual risk behaviors of adolescents. We analyzed data from four longitudinal group-randomized controlled trials of evidence-based HIV/STI/pregnancy prevention programs in Texas and California from 2000 to 2010. Across- and within-time logical inconsistencies in sexual behavior survey responses were analyzed using multilevel logistic regression. Rates of any inconsistencies ranged from 12 to 18% across the four trials. In all trials, rates were higher in males than in females. Age, normative beliefs, and race/ethnicity were most strongly associated with inconsistencies. We found substantial rates of inconsistencies in adolescents' self-reports of their sexual behavior, which did not occur at random. Studies should routinely report observed rates of inconsistencies and methods used to adjust for them so that any biases in the population to which the study generalizes are understood by public health practitioners and policy-makers looking to adopt programs for their particular population.
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