A procedure for reducing errors in reports of life events.

Abstract:

:Despite the widespread use of life event inventories, relatively little research has been conducted evaluating whether recall techniques can reduce reporting errors. This study evaluated whether memory aids would reduce errors in reports of life events and explored subjects' explanations for why they had given inconsistent answers to life event questions over the course of two interviews. Seventy-one college students were randomly assigned to two groups: memory aids (MA: n = 36) and no memory aids (NMA: n = 35). Memory aids, as used in this study, reduced errors in reports of life events as reflected in the following results: (1) significantly fewer subjects in the MA group reported dating events incorrectly; (2) subjects in the MA group consistently gave more reliable responses between the two interviews as measured by intraclass correlations; (3) there was a significantly higher test-retest reliability correlation for life events reported by MA subjects; and, (4) MA subjects recalled more life events and had fewer inconsistent responses. A further probe revealed that memory aids differentially aided recall of subjective as compared to objective life events. Overall, the findings of this study suggest that memory aid procedures can differentially reduce errors in reporting life events.

journal_name

J Psychosom Res

authors

Sobell LC,Toneatto T,Sobell MB,Schuller R,Maxwell M

doi

10.1016/0022-3999(90)90050-e

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-01-01 00:00:00

pages

163-70

issue

2

eissn

0022-3999

issn

1879-1360

journal_volume

34

pub_type

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