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Table 3 Effect of social desirability on self-reported health risk behaviors (Study 2; N = 619)

From: Social desirability and self-reported health risk behaviors in web-based research: three longitudinal studies

 

Current behavior1

Frequency1

 

Alc

Smo

Alc

Smo

Predictors

d

d

Ăź

Ăź

Age

.00

.01

.28*

.26*

Sex

-.35*

.15

-.20*

.08

Education2

6.89

21.00*

.09

-.12

SocDes3

.00

-.43

-.10

-.50

Age Ă— SocDes

.01

.00

-.03

.07

Sex Ă— SocDes

.11

.10

.08

.15

Education Ă— SocDes2

2.83

.06

-.05

.36

R2

.10

.12

.15

.11

  1. 1Alc = Alcohol use; Smo = Smoking; 2Wald statistic instead of Cohen's d; 3Social desirability; * p < .05