Accuracy of self-reported weight: Covariation with binger or restrainer status and eating disorder symptomatology

Gregory T. Smith; Leigh Anne Hohlstein; Jana G. Atlas

doi:10.1016/0306-4603(92)90047-Y

Accuracy of self-reported weight: Covariation with binger or restrainer status and eating disorder symptomatology

Gregory T. Smith, Leigh Anne Hohlstein, Jana G. Atlas

Psychology

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Studies indicate that women's self-reported and actual weights correlate above. 90 but the approximate one-third of women under-report their weight by more than lb. Over- weight women under-report to a greater degree than women of normal weight. The present study replicated these findings and extended them to women showing eating disorder-related behaviors, including regular binging and dietary restraint. Reporting accuracy was also covaried with eating disorder tendencies as measured on a continuum in the general population. Despite high statistical power, results revealed no correlation under-reporting andeither Bulimia Test scores or Eating Attitudes Test scores and found no differences in reporting accuracy as a function of binger status or restrained eater status. Women manifesting eating disorder-relating behaviors were neither more nor less accurate than were normals. Potential sources of error in measuring weight and in evaluating self-report are presented and discussed.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	1-8
Número de páginas	8
Publicación	Addictive Behaviors
Volumen	17
N.º	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4603(92)90047-Y
Estado	Published - 1992

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Portions of this work were presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association in New Orleans, LA. This work was facilitated in part by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grants I RO 1 AA06 123 to Mark S. Goldman, Bruce A. Christiansen, and Gregory T. Smith, and 2ROl AA06123 to Gregory T. Smith. The authors wish to thank Jalie Tucker for her advice at the study’s inception and Anne Knox and Elizabeth Corbitt for their assistance in manuscript preparation.

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Portions of this work were presented at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association in New Orleans, LA. This work was facilitated in part by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grants I RO 1 AA06 123 to Mark S. Goldman, Bruce A. Christiansen, and Gregory T. Smith, and 2ROl AA06123 to Gregory T. Smith. The authors wish to thank Jalie Tucker for her advice at the study’s inception and Anne Knox and Elizabeth Corbitt for their assistance in manuscript preparation.

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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	R01AA006123

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Psychiatry and Mental health

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