title: Children's Social Desirability and Dietary Reports.
abstract: We investigated telephone administration of the Children's Social Desirability (CSD) scale and our adaptation for children of the Social Desirability for Food scale (C-SDF). Each of 100 4th-graders completed 2 telephone interviews 28 days apart. CSD scores had adequate internal consistency and test-retest reliability, and a 14-item subset was identified that sufficiently measures the same construct. Our C-SDF scale performed less well in terms of internal consistency and test-retest reliability; factor analysis revealed 2 factors, 1 of which was moderately related to the CSD. The 14-item subset of the CSD scale may help researchers understand error in children's dietary reports.
authors.affiliation: Arnold School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health Disparities, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29204, USA. sbaxter@gwn.sc.edu
authors.forename: Suzanne Domel
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: Albert F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Litaker
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Baglio
authors.forename: Caroline H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Guinn
authors.forename: Nicole M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shaffer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D015930:Diet Records; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D012928:Social Desirability; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D013689:Telephone