Social Desirability Response Bias and Other Factors That May Influence Self-Reports of Substance Use and HIV Risk Behaviors: A Qualitative Study of Drug Users in Vietnam.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Latkin, Carl A.; Mai, Nguyen Vu Tuyet; Ha, Tran Viet; Sripaipan, Teerada; Zelaya, Carla; Le Minh, Nguyen; Morales, Giuliana; Go, Vivian F.
- Source
- AIDS Education & Prevention. Oct2016, Vol. 28 Issue 5, p417-425. 9p.
- Subject
- *HIV prevention
*HIV infection risk factors
*SELF-evaluation
*FEAR
*INTERVIEWING
*RESEARCH methodology
*MEDICAL ethics
*MEMORY
*PRIVACY
*RESEARCH funding
*RISK-taking behavior
*HUMAN sexuality
*QUALITATIVE research
*DRUG abusers
*SOCIAL context
*PARTICIPANT-researcher relationships
*PSYCHOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0899-9546
The article discusses a study that examined self-report response biases among HIV patients participants in a large randomized clinical trial in Vietnam through qualitative interviews. Topics mentioned include HIV prevention, two dimension revealed by prior studies of social desirability response bias, and the time frame for reporting on risk behaviors to lower recall bias.