Does mentioning "some people" and "other people" in a survey question increase the accuracy of adolescents' self-reports?

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1674-1679

  Yeager, David Scott ^a   Krosnick, Jon A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Questionnaires; Self concept; Social desirability; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CALIFORNIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 82755161971     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025440     Document Type: Article

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