Accuracy in the estimation of body weight: An alternate test of the motivated-distortion hypothesis

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Vartanian, Lenny R ^a   Herman, C Peter ^a   Polivy, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motivated distortions; Perceptual biases; Self reported weight

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTIVATED DISTORTION; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2942662212     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20014     Document Type: Article

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