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To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.07.004 Byline: Tonda L. Hughes, Laura A. Szalacha, Timothy P. Johnson, Kelly E. Kinnison, Sharon C. Wilsnack, Young Cho Keywords: Adult sexual assault; Childhood sexual abuse; Hazardous drinking; Revictimization; Sexual orientation Abbreviations: ASA, Adult Sexual Assault; CSA, Childhood Sexual Abuse; CHLEW, Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women; NSHLEW, National Survey of Health and Life Experiences of Women Abstract: Although research shows that sexual minority women report high rates of lifetime sexual victimization and high rates of hazardous drinking, investigators have yet to explore the relationships between sexual victimization and hazardous drinking in this population. In addition, because the rates of these problems may vary within the sexual minority population, we examined and compared relationships between sexual victimization and hazardous drinking in exclusively heterosexual and sexual minority (mostly heterosexual, bisexual, mostly lesbian and exclusively lesbian) women.

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.03.003 Byline: Mary Ellen Mackesy-Amiti (a), Michael Fendrich (b), Timothy P. Johnson (c) Keywords: Substance use; MSM; Reporting bias Abstract: This paper explores whether elevated rates of self-reported substance use among MSM compared to other males may be an artifact of reporting bias. Past month prevalence rates of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, Ecstasy, and Ketamine use were compared between a sample of men who have sex with men (MSM), and a general household sample of men, all residing in Chicago. We compared rates of self-reported use, and corrected rates based on the results of drug testing (urine and oral fluid tests). While MSM over 30 years old were significantly more likely than other men in this age group to report past month use of cocaine, test-corrected rates of use were equivalent. On the other hand, test-corrected estimates confirmed elevated rates of Ketamine and Ecstasy use in the MSM sample. Differential disclosure of substance use between MSM and other males may in some cases lead to distorted conclusions about differences in substance use between these groups. The use of biological testing in epidemiological studies of substance use can reduce the uncertainty of such comparisons. Author Affiliation: (a) Community Outreach Intervention Projects, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60612 USA (b) Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2400 E. Hartford Ave., Milwaukee WI 53211 USA (c) Survey Research Laboratory, College of Urban Planning and Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago IL 60607 USA

The estimation of tobacco-reporting validity in an epidemiological survey on drug use was carried out by comparing the responses to questions about tobacco use and passive exposure to smoking with biological tests for cotinine. The underreporting of tobacco was relatively rare but the estimates of the study state that it may be increasing over time.

A study of survey responses from homeless people in Illinois indicates more willingness to report drug abuse to a male interviewer. Race and age-related direct effects are also observed during the survey, with more homeless people responding to white and older interviewers. These results have implications for the practice of demographically linking respondents with interviewers of identical characteristics.