Predicting Actual Weight from Self-Report Data

Koslowsky, Meni; Scheinberg, Zvi; Bleich, Avi; Mark, Mordechai; Apter, Alan; Danon, Yehuda L.; Solomon, Zahava

doi:10.1177/0013164494054001022

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“…This finding suggests that care needs to be taken when using selfreported attendance rates as a proxy for actual attendance rates. Similar biases in self-reporting have been noticed in many other contexts including for example self-reporting of weight (Koslowsky et al 1994).…”

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confidence: 72%

Lecture attendance rates at university and related factors

Kelly

2012

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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There is a perception that university students have changed dramatically in their modes of learning in recent years, mainly due to their widespread use of the Internet as an information source, the change in student body due to the greater accessibility of third level education and changes in experience in second level education. Lectures, however, remain the central mode of traditional teaching and learning at most universities and thus attendance at lectures continues to be a subject of considerable importance. However, few studies report actual attendance levels in any comprehensive way. Herein, levels of lecture attendance in the colleges of Science in University College Dublin are documented from two probability-based surveys. The results of a questionnaire recording the attitudes of students towards a range of factors that potentially affect attendance are also presented. Factors that continue to influence attendance, that are in the control of the university, such as living on/off campus, the lecture schedule in the students' timetable, day of the week and transport problems are revealed. Factors in students' personal lives, such as engagement in part-time work, irrespective of purpose, are seen to be related to satisfaction with studies and lecture delivery. Suggestions for active measures to increase the level of lecture attendance, appropriate to the present day, are made.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Lecture attendance rates at university and related factors

Kelly

2012

Journal of Further and Higher Education

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“…However, at least in the case of self‐reports of weight, heavier individuals may be likely to underreport rather than overreport their weight. For example, a study by Koslowski, Scheinberg, Bleich, and Mark (1994) found that participants who weighed more tended to underreport their weight. In light of this tendency for heavier individuals to underreport their weight, it is likely that we would find even stronger moderating effects of gender in the relationship between body weight and psychological well‐being if BMI had been measured directly.…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender, Excessive Body Weight, and Psychological Well-Being in Adulthood

Bookwala

Boyar

2008

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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We examined gender differences in the association between body mass index (BMI) and psychological well-being. Regression analysis involving 3,251 adults indicated that gender moderated the BMI-psychological well-being link. In follow-up analyses, higher BMI predicted lower psychological well-being only among women. When participants were categorized into 5 BMI groups, women reported lower psychological well-being than men in the overweight and obese I groups, but no gender differences were observed in the more seriously obese or normal-weight groups. Also, among women, all 4 groups with higher-than-normal BMI had lower psychological well-being than normal-weight women; for men, no significant differences were found across the 5 groups. These findings are discussed in relation to research on stigma theory and gender-differentiated cultural norms regarding weight.

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“…Both men and women tend to overreport their heights (e.g., Bogaert & McCreary, ; Palta, Prineas, Berman, & Hannan, ) and underreport their weights (Betz, Mintz, & Speakmon, ; Koslowsky et al., ; Palta et al., ). However, men tend to overreport their heights to a greater extent than do women, and women tend to underreport their weights to a greater extent than do men.…”

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Do You Think You're Sexy, Tall, and Thin? The Prediction of Self‐Rated Attractiveness, Height, and Weight

Pozzebon¹,

Visser²,

Bogaert³

2012

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Research suggests that self‐reports of personal attributes, including physical characteristics, are often distorted. The present study examined discrepancies between self‐ and observer or actual reports of attractiveness, height, and weight, and investigated the role of esteem and gender role scales in the prediction of such discrepancies. Results indicated that attractiveness discrepancies were predicted by high esteem and traditional gender roles, height discrepancies were predicted by agency, and weight discrepancies were predicted by personal efficacy. Results also indicated that esteem and gender role characteristics are important in the perception of self‐relevant information.

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Predicting Actual Weight from Self-Report Data

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Lecture attendance rates at university and related factors

Lecture attendance rates at university and related factors

Gender, Excessive Body Weight, and Psychological Well-Being in Adulthood

Do You Think You're Sexy, Tall, and Thin? The Prediction of Self‐Rated Attractiveness, Height, and Weight

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