PMID: 9648019Jul 2, 1998Paper

Self-reported honesty among middle and high school students responding to a sexual behavior questionnaire

The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
D M SiegelK J Roghmann

Abstract

To determine self-reported honesty in completing a sexual and other risk behavior questionnaire among middle and high school students, and to relate honesty scores to sexual behavior item responses as a method to detect bias in reporting. A self-administered questionnaire measuring overall honesty (7-point rating scale), sexual honesty (5-category scale), and selected sex behaviors was used. Urban, predominantly minority middle and high schools (Grades 7-12) were examined, and participants were 3144 male and female students in middle (mean age = 13.7 +/- 2.0) and high (17.3 +/- 1.6) school health classes. The majority of students stated that they had been very or completely honest in responding to items on the questionnaire. Seventy-eight percent of middle school males (lowest rate), and 94% of high school females (highest rate) reported honesty. Middle school males were most likely to declare dishonesty regarding sexual behavior items, overstating their actual behavior (14%), while middle school girls were most likely to understate (8%) their behavior. Self-reported sexual honesty and reports of behavior were most consistent for understaters. That is, those subjects who answered that their questionnaire responses underreported...Continue Reading

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