Assessment of factors affecting the validity of self-reported health-risk behavior among adolescents: evidence from the scientific literature.

By N. Brener, J. Billy, W. Grady. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2003

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The validity of self-report measures of proenvironmental behavior: A meta-analytic review (2014, positive): “However, Brener et al. (2003) asserted that both the accuracy and truthfulness of such data might be compromised when these behaviors are measured through self-report, given that situational factors, such as a lack of privacy when responding to the questionnaire, may cause respondents to provide…”
Methodology of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System--2013. (2013, methodology): “However, in 2003, CDC reviewed existing empiric literature to assess cognitive and situational factors that might affect the validity of adolescent self-reporting of behaviors measured by the YRBSS questionnaire (24).”
Self‐Report Questionnaires (2015, background): “More specifically, social desirability has an impact on situational biases while both desire of attention and lack of confidentiality can lead to response bias (Brener et al., 2003).”