Measuring social desirability bias in a multi-ethnic cohort sample: its relationship with self-reported physical activity, dietary habits, and factor structure

• Main Authors: Wen Lin Teh (Author), Edimansyah Abdin (Author), Asharani P.V (Author), Fiona Devi Siva Kumar (Author), Kumarasan Roystonn (Author), Peizhi Wang (Author), Saleha Shafie (Author), Sherilyn Chang (Author), Anitha Jeyagurunathan (Author), Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar (Author), Chee Fang Sum (Author), Eng Sing Lee (Author), Rob M. van Dam (Author), Mythily Subramaniam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Social desirability bias is one of the oldest forms of response bias studied in social sciences. While individuals may feel the need to fake good or bad answers in response to sensitive or intrusive questions, it remains unclear how rampant such a bias is in epidemiological resea...