Bolger, Niall

Clavél, Frederick D.

Gleason, Marci E. J.

Iida, Masumi

Jackson, Grace L.

Lane, Sean P.

McClure, M. Joy

Shrout, Patrick E.

Stadler, Gertraud

Xu, Joy H.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Aberdeen University Research

Initial elevation bias in subjective reports

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          People’s reports of their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are essential assessment tools in biomedical and social science. When subjective states have been studied over time, however, researchers have often observed an unpredicted and puzzling decrease with repeated assessments. Our results across multiple outcomes in four field experiments suggest that this pattern is due to an initial elevation bias. This effect is larger for reports of internal states than for behaviors and for negative mental states and physical symptoms than for positive states. This initial elevation bias needs to be considered in all types of research using subjective reports.</jats:p

Patrick E. Shrout

Gertraud Stadler

Sean P. Lane

M. Joy McClure

Grace L. Jackson

Frederick D. Clavél

Masumi Iida

Marci E. J. Gleason

Joy H. Xu

Niall Bolger

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Initial elevation bias in subjective reports

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