Title |
Question order in the assessment of misperception of physical activity
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Published in |
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, September 2007
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DOI | 10.1186/1479-5868-4-42 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Catherine Bolman, Lilian Lechner, Marius van Dijke |
Abstract |
People often have misperceptions (overestimation or underestimation) about the health-related behaviours they engage in, which may have adverse consequences for their susceptibility to behavioural change. Misperception is usually measured by combining and comparing quantified behavioural self-reports with subjective classification of the behaviour. Researchers assume that such assessments of misperception are not influenced by the order of the two types of measurement, but this has never been studied. Based on the precaution adoption model and the information processing theory, it might be expected that taking the subjective measurement after a detailed quantified behavioural self-report would improve the accuracy of the subjective measurement because the quantified report urges a person to think more in detail about their own behaviour. |
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