RELIABILITY OF SEXUAL-BEHAVIOR DATA AMONG HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS IN ROME

被引：18

作者：

DAVOLI, M

PERUCCI, CA

SANGALLI, M

BRANCATO, G

DELLUOMO, G

机构：

[1] Epidemiology Unit, Latium Regional Health Authority, Rome

[2] Family Planning Clinic, Rome

来源：

EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1992年 / 3卷 / 06期

关键词：

REPRODUCIBILITY; RELIABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG PEOPLE; AIDS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; DATA COLLECTION;

D O I：

10.1097/00001648-199211000-00013

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

We compared findings on sexual behavior from a self-administered questionnaire and a face-to-face interview, separated by 2-4 weeks, directed at 383 Italian secondary school students. The correlation coefficients or kappa values for reported prevalence of coital experience, age at first intercourse, and age of first partner were all greater than 0.7. The interview underreported coitus and overreported condom use, when administered before the questionnaire. The students thought that 18.4% of their classmates had ever had coitus, compared with 23.5% on self-report. We conclude that despite an overall high reproducibility of sexual behavior measures, distortions due to perceptions of social desirability might occur.

引用

页码：531 / 535

页数：5

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