Children's social desirability and dietary reports

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-89

  Baxter, Suzanne Domel ^a   Smith, Albert F ^b   Litaker, Mark S ^c   Baglio, Michelle L ^c   Guinn, Caroline H ^a   Shaffer, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dietary reports; Social desirability

Indexed keywords

DIET; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TELEPHONE;

EID: 1942438984     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60138-3     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Paulhus DL. Measurement and control response bias. In: Robinson JP, Shaver PR, Wrightsman LS, eds. Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes. San Diego, Calif: Academic Press; 1991:17-59.
2. Crowne DP, Marlowe D. A new scale of social desirability independent of psychopathology. J Consult Psychol. 1960;24:349-354.
3. Crino MD, Svoboda M, Rubenfeld S, White MC. Data on the Marlowe-Crowne and Edwards social desirability scales. Psychol Rep. 1983;53:963-968.
4. Crandall VC, Crandall VJ, Katkovsky W. A children's social desirability questionnaire. J Consult Psychol. 1965;29:27-36.
5. Strickland BR. Approval motivation. In: Blass T, ed. Personality Variables in Social Behavior. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates; 1977:315-356.
6. Klein EB, Gould LJ, Corey M. Social desirability in children: an extension and replication. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1969;33:128.
7. Crandall VC. Personality characteristics and social and achievement behaviors associated with children's social desirability response tendencies. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1966;4:477-486.
8. Baranowski T, Domel S, Gould R, et al. Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among 4th and 5th grade students: results from focus groups using reciprocal determinism. J Nutr Educ. 1993;25:114-120.
9. Kirby SD, Baranowski T, Reynolds KD, Taylor G, Binkley D. Children's fruit and vegetable intake: socioeconomic, adult-child, regional, and urban-rural influences. J Nutr Educ. 1995;27:261-271.
10. Worsley A, Baghurst KI, Leitch DR. Social desirability response bias and dietary inventory responses. Hum Nutr Appl Nutr. 1984;38A:29-35.
11. Vuckovic N, Ritenbaugh C, Taren DL, Tobar M. A qualitative study of participants' experiences with dietary assessment. J Am Diet Assoc. 2000;100:1023-1028.
12. Hankin JH. Dietary intake methodology. In: Monsen ER, ed. Research: Successful Approaches. Mexico: The American Dietetic Association; 1992:173-194.
13. Hebert JR, Clemow L, Pbert L, Ockene IS, Ockene JK. Social desirability bias in dietary self-report may compromise the validity of dietary intake measures. Int J Epidemiol. 1995;24:389-398.
14. Hebert JR, Ma Y, Clemow L, et al. Gender differences in social desirability and social approval bias in dietary self-report. Am J Epidemiol. 1997;146:1046-1055.
15. Taren DL, Tobar M, Hill A, et al.The association of energy intake bias with psychological scores of women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1999;53:570-578.
16. Hebert JR, Peterson KE, Hurley TG, et al. The effect of social desirability trait on self-reported dietary intake measures among multi-ethnic female health center employees. Ann Epidemiol. 2001;11:417-427.
17. Hebert JR, Ebbeling CB, Matthews CE, et al. Systematic errors in middle-aged women's estimates of energy intake: comparing three self-report measures to total energy expenditure from doubly labeled water. Ann Epidemiol. 2002;12:577-586.
18. Smith AF, Thompson FE, Subar AF, et al. Social desirability, social approval, and reports of food frequency [abstract]. Eur J Clin Nutr. 1998;52(suppl):S35.
19. Baxter SD, Thompson WO, Smith AF, et al. Reverse versus forward order reporting and the accuracy of fourth-graders' recalls of school breakfast and school lunch. Prev Med. 2003;36:601-614.
20. Fisher JO, Johnson RK, Lindquist C, Birch LL, Goran MI. Influence of body composition on the accuracy of reported energy intake in children. Obes Res. 2000;8:597-603.
21. Lindquist CH, Cummings T, Goran MI. Use of tape-recorded food records in assessing children's dietary intake. Obes Res. 2000;8:2-11.
22. Baxter SD, Thompson WO, Litaker MS, et al. Accuracy of fourth-graders' dietary recalls of school breakfast and school lunch validated with observations: in-person versus telephone interviews. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2003;35:124-134.
23. Van Horn LV, Stumbo P, Moag-Stahlberg A, et al. The Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC): dietary assessment methods for 8- to 10-year-olds. J Am Diet Assoc. 1993;93:1396-1403.
24. Dixon LB, McKenzie J, Shannon BM, Mitchell DC, Smiciklas-Wright H, Tershakovec AM. The effect of changes in dietary fat on the food group and nutrient intake of 4- to 10-year-old children. Pediatrics. 1997;100:863-872.
25. Mullenbach V, Kushi LH, Jacobson C, et al. Comparison of 3-day food record and 24-hour recall by telephone for dietary evaluation in adolescents. J Am Diet Assoc. 1992;92:743-745.
26. Randecker GA, Smiciklas-Wright H, McKenzie JM, et al.The dietary intake of children with IDDM. Diabetes Care. 1996;19:1370-1374.
27. Wyon DP, Abrahamsson L, Jartelius M, Fletcher RJ. An experimental study of the effects of energy intake at breakfast on the test performance of 10-year-old children in school. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 1997;48:5-12.
28. Ballard R. Short forms of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale. Psychol Rep. 1992;71:1155-1160.
29. Fischer DG, Fick C. Measuring social desirability: short forms of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale. Educ Psychol Measure. 1993;53:417-424.
30. Fraboni M, Cooper D. Further validation of three short forms of the Marlowe-Crowne scale of social desirability. Psychol Rep. 1989;65:595-600.
31. Strahan R, Gerbasi KC. Short, homogeneous versions of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale. J Clin Psychol. 1972;28:191-193.
32. McPherson RS, Hoelscher DM, Alexander M, Scanlon KS, Serdula MK. Dietary assessment methods among school-aged children: validity and reliability. Prev Med. 2000;31(suppl):S11-S33.
33. Baranowski T, Islam N, Baranowski J, et al. The Food Intake Recording software system is valid among fourth-grade children. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102:380-385.
34. Baxter SD, Thompson WO, Davis HC, Johnson MH. Impact of gender, ethnicity, meal component, and time interval between eating and reporting on accuracy of fourth-graders' self-reports of school lunch. J Am Diet Assoc. 1997;97:1293-1298.
35. Baxter SD, Thompson WO, Litaker MS, Frye FHA, Guinn CH. Low accuracy and low consistency of fourth-graders' school breakfast and school lunch recalls. J Am Diet Assoc. 2002;102:386-395.