Peter A. Vanable|Michael P. Carey|Jennifer L. Brown|Ralph J. DiClemente|Laura F. Salazar|Larry K. Brown|Daniel Römer|Robert F. Valois|Michael Hennessy|Bonita Stanton
Test–Retest Reliability of Self-Reported HIV/STD-Related Measures Among African-American Adolescents in Four U.S. Cities
Syracuse University|Syracuse University|Syracuse University|Emory University|Emory University|Brown University|Providence College|University of Pennsylvania|University of South Carolina|University of Pennsylvania|Wayne State University
evaluate testretest reliability selfreported sexualityrelated data sample african american adolescents residing four us citiesusing audio computerassisted selfinterviewing acasi 156 african american teens mean age 155 years provided data lifetime recent sexual behavior hivsexually transmitted disease std testing theoretical antecedents sexual risk behavior two occasions separated 2 weeksmost selfreports lifetime sexual behavior stdhiv testing stable across two assessment points testretest agreement substantial dichotomous indices lifetime sexual behaviors std testing kappas ranging 6187 3month recall vaginal sex kappa 72 number sexual partners intraclass correlation coefficient icc 68 lower reliability estimates emerged count data unprotected vaginal sex occasions icc 44 testretest reliability estimates antecedents sexual risk behavior highest validated measure hivrelated knowledge r 73 somewhat lower peer norms r 58 condom use selfefficacy r 50although variability stability selfreport data observed findings confirm sexual behavior std hiv testing history psychosocial measures assessed reliably among adolescents research continue identify strategies enhance reliability selfreport sexual behavior data youth risk hiv sexually transmitted infections