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Article de Périodique
Socially desirable responding and self-reported HIV infection risk behaviors among intravenous drug users (1993)
(Réaction socialement souhaitable et déclaration subjective des comportements exposant à la contamination par le VIH, chez les toxicomanes employant la voie intraveineuse)
Auteur(s) :
LATKIN, C. A. ;
VLAHOV, D. ;
ANTHONY, J. C.
Année
1993
Page(s) :
517-526
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
21
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
L'étude a porté sur 2885 toxicomanes utilisant la voie intraveineuse. Ces derniers ont eu un entretien et ont subi un dépistage du VIH. L'entretien avait pour objectif de déterminer les comportements à risques, et intégrait des barèmes d'estimation destinés à mesurer l'"illusion subjective" et la "gestion émotionnelle", deux facteurs distincts de la réaction socialement souhaitable.
ENGLISH :
This study examined the extent to which self-report of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors might depend upon socially desirable response tendencies, and whether socially desirable responding might serve as a confounding variable in the study of risk behaviors and HIV serostatus. The subjects were 2885 intravenous drug users participating in the ALIVE study in Baltimore, Maryland. Participants completed an interview and were tested for HIV serostatus. The interview covered HIV risk behaviors, and included established scales to measure 'self-deception' and 'impression management', two separate dimensions of socially desirable responding. Seven items for each scale were scored true/false, with a summary score used for analysis. Scores on self-deception and impression management were inversely related to self-reports of sharing injection equipment, injecting at shooting galleries, and injecting more than once a day. Neither self-deception nor impression management was associated with cocaine use. Self-reported receptive anal intercourse was associated inversely with self-deception but not with impression management. HIV serostatus was not associated with social desirability, and statistically controlling for social desirability had a negligible impact on the magnitude of associations between risk behaviors and HIV serostatus. The results indicate that measures of social desirability may be used to ascertain sensitive areas of inquiry in interviews of intravenous drug users.
L'étude a porté sur 2885 toxicomanes utilisant la voie intraveineuse. Ces derniers ont eu un entretien et ont subi un dépistage du VIH. L'entretien avait pour objectif de déterminer les comportements à risques, et intégrait des barèmes d'estimation destinés à mesurer l'"illusion subjective" et la "gestion émotionnelle", deux facteurs distincts de la réaction socialement souhaitable.
ENGLISH :
This study examined the extent to which self-report of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors might depend upon socially desirable response tendencies, and whether socially desirable responding might serve as a confounding variable in the study of risk behaviors and HIV serostatus. The subjects were 2885 intravenous drug users participating in the ALIVE study in Baltimore, Maryland. Participants completed an interview and were tested for HIV serostatus. The interview covered HIV risk behaviors, and included established scales to measure 'self-deception' and 'impression management', two separate dimensions of socially desirable responding. Seven items for each scale were scored true/false, with a summary score used for analysis. Scores on self-deception and impression management were inversely related to self-reports of sharing injection equipment, injecting at shooting galleries, and injecting more than once a day. Neither self-deception nor impression management was associated with cocaine use. Self-reported receptive anal intercourse was associated inversely with self-deception but not with impression management. HIV serostatus was not associated with social desirability, and statistically controlling for social desirability had a negligible impact on the magnitude of associations between risk behaviors and HIV serostatus. The results indicate that measures of social desirability may be used to ascertain sensitive areas of inquiry in interviews of intravenous drug users.
Affiliation :
The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA