The Effect of a Physical Activity Intervention on Bias in Self-Reported Activity

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 316-322

  Taber, Daniel R ^a   Stevens, June ^a   Murray, David M ^b   Elder, John P ^c   Webber, Larry S ^d   Jobe, Jared B ^e   Lytle, Leslie A ^f  

^a IL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bias (epidemiology); Exercise; Intervention Studies; Questionnaires; Social Desirability

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 63749094264     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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