Crosswise Model to Assess Sensitive Issues: A Study on Prevalence of Drug Abuse Among University Students of Iran
Author(s) -
Ahmad Khosravi,
Seyed Abbas Mousavi,
Reza Chaman,
Faride Khosravi,
Mohammad Amiri,
Mansour Shamsipour
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal high risk behaviors and addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2251-8711
DOI - 10.5812/ijhrba.24388v2
Subject(s) - substance abuse , psychology , drug , environmental health , medicine , psychiatry
This method can be appropriate to estimate sensitive issues; however, lack of understanding the method or doubting the confidentiality of the responses can lead to bias in the results. That is to say, if the instructions are introduced better, the level of trusting the method will increase and accordingly more reliable responses can be obtained. More studies under controlled conditions are required to interpret the findings of the current study better.
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