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Multiwave analysis of retest artifact in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth drug use. Drug Alcohol Depend 2001 May 01;62(3):239-53

Date

04/11/2001

Pubmed ID

11295329

DOI

10.1016/s0376-8716(00)00177-0

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0035341683 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   42 Citations

Abstract

We examined follow-up data from surveys in 1988, 1992 and 1994 in order to estimate the prevalence and explore the correlates of retest artifact (denial) of drug use among National Longitudinal Survey of Youth respondents who disclosed lifetime cocaine or marijuana use in 1984. In the cocaine use cohort, 42% denied lifetime cocaine use during at least one follow-up wave. In the marijuana use cohort, about 29% denied lifetime marijuana use during at least one follow-up wave. Denial either leveled off (cocaine) or diminished (marijuana) between the second and third follow-up interviews. The most consistent predictors of denial in both longitudinal and cross-sectional models and across substances were race/ethnicity (black informants had increased rates of denial) and marital status (married respondents had increased rates of denial). Other predictors of denial included interviewer characteristics (social attribution), interview mode, and drug salience. The findings with respect to marijuana reporting trends parallel increased willingness of public officials to retrospectively disclose this behavior in the popular press.

Author List

Fendrich M, Yun Soo Kim J

Author

Michael Fendrich PhD Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Adult
Cocaine-Related Disorders
Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Logistic Models
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Marijuana Abuse
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors