Citation

Brown RA. Adolescence 1999; 34(133): 25-32.

Affiliation

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Las Vegas 89102, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Libra Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10234364

Abstract

This study evaluated the self-report method in the assessment of attitudes and behaviors. Forty-two problem youth from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds were surveyed. In addition, their parents were surveyed and school and police data were collected. Five self-report factors were compared against parental report factors and police and school records. Significant relationships were found only for self-report factors that contained more positively oriented items. Self-report factors that contained items inquiring directly into high-risk behaviors were not significantly associated with parental report factors or school and police data. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Language: en