TY - JOUR
T1 - Are addicts' self-reports to be trusted?
AU - Ben-Yehuda, Nachman
PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - A review of the literature and a report of an empirical inquiry both suggest that retrospective inquiries, based on addicts' self-reports, are, in very many cases, valid and reliable. The paper suggests that the relevant problem connected with addicts' self-reports is not whether they are to be trusted or not, but rather what types of questions and situations best lend themselves to be researched when using retrospective techniques.
AB - A review of the literature and a report of an empirical inquiry both suggest that retrospective inquiries, based on addicts' self-reports, are, in very many cases, valid and reliable. The paper suggests that the relevant problem connected with addicts' self-reports is not whether they are to be trusted or not, but rather what types of questions and situations best lend themselves to be researched when using retrospective techniques.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84907120068&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/10826088009040097
DO - 10.3109/10826088009040097
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C2 - 7216565
AN - SCOPUS:84907120068
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 15
SP - 1265
EP - 1270
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 8
ER -