title: Are inaccuracies in self-reported weight motivated distortions?
abstract: The accuracy of self-reported weight and the motivation of distorted reporting were studied among 169 female and 101 male college students. Although subjects were moderately accurate in their weight estimates, errors reflected women's underreporting, men's overreporting, and heavier persons' underreporting. With body mass controlled, most motivational variables had little explanatory value.
authors.affiliation: Old Dominion Unviversity, Norfolk, VA 23529-0267.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Cash
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shovlin
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010469:Perceptual Distortion