Motl Robert W, McAuley Edward, DiStefano Christine
Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 906 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801-3895, USA.
Prev Med. 2005 Jun;40(6):735-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.09.016.
Physical activity has been considered to be a socially desirable behavior that might be overreported because of a social desirability bias. This study involved an examination of the possible influence of social desirability on self-report measures of physical activity.
Participants were male and female college students (N = 782) who completed the Lie scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (L-scale), Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (SDS), Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GLTEQ), and Stanford Usual Activity Questionnaire.
Scores from the Lie scale were not significantly correlated with scores from either the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire or the Stanford Usual Activity Questionnaire. With the Social Desirability Scale, there were statistically significant, but weak correlations with scores from the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire and the Stanford Usual Activity Questionnaire. There was no influence of the Lie scale and Social Desirability Scale on the magnitude of the correlations between scores from the two measures of physical activity.
This study provides minimal evidence of an influence of social desirability on scores from two self-report instruments for measuring physical activity in young adults.
体育活动被认为是一种社会期望的行为，由于社会期望偏差可能会被过度报告。本研究旨在探讨社会期望对体育活动自我报告测量的可能影响。
参与者为男女大学生（N = 782），他们完成了艾森克人格问卷的说谎量表（L量表）、马洛-克劳恩社会期望量表（SDS）、戈丁休闲时间锻炼问卷（GLTEQ）和斯坦福日常活动问卷。
说谎量表的得分与戈丁休闲时间锻炼问卷或斯坦福日常活动问卷的得分均无显著相关性。在社会期望量表方面，与戈丁休闲时间锻炼问卷和斯坦福日常活动问卷的得分存在统计学上的显著但较弱的相关性。说谎量表和社会期望量表对两种体育活动测量得分之间的相关性大小没有影响。
本研究提供了极少的证据表明社会期望对用于测量年轻人体育活动的两种自我报告工具的得分有影响。
