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Title: Testing the Length of Time Theory of Recall Decay: Examining Substance Use Report Stability With 10 Years of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Data
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Shillington, Audrey M. Reed, Mark B. Clapp, John D. Woodruff, Susan I. |
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Testing the Length of Time Theory of Recall Decay: Examining Substance Use Report Stability With 10 Years of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Data Substance Use and Misuse 46,9 (July 2011):1105-1112. Also: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/10826084.2010.548436 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Young Adult Publisher: Marcel Dekker Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Child Self-Administered Supplement (CSAS); Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Ethnic Differences; Modeling; Racial Differences; Self-Reporting; Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Time Theory Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Aim: This article examines whether the proportion of recanters increases (or decreases) as a function of time o [sic] test length of time theory. Sample: 2,221 US respondents in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth child data. Bivariate and logistic regression analyses were used. Results: Among recanters, 50% of cigarette and alcohol users recanted use by 4 years, and 50% of marijuana users recanted by 3 years. Predictors of recanting was being Black or Hispanic and younger age. The theory was not supported. Further research is needed to identify potential reasons why adolescents recant their use is such a short time span. The study's limitations are noted. Copyright of Substance Use & Misuse is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
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Shillington, Audrey M., Mark B. Reed, John D. Clapp and Susan I. Woodruff. "Testing the Length of Time Theory of Recall Decay: Examining Substance Use Report Stability With 10 Years of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Data." Substance Use and Misuse 46,9 (July 2011):1105-1112.
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