Self-reported versus measured weight and height by adolescent girls: a Croatian sample.
Self-reported and measured weight and height of 234 Croatian girls in Grades 5, 8, and 11 were used to explore the validity of these measures for calculating Body Mass Index. For both weight and height, the correlations between self-reported and measured values were over .93. Overweight girls underreported their weight and overreported their height.
Ambrosi-Randić
Neala
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Faculty of Philosophy Pula, University of Rijeka, I.M. Ronjgova 1, 52100 Pula, Croatia. nambrosi@ffpu.hr
Bulian
Alessandra Pokrajac
AP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D017523:Croatia; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012650:Self Disclosure