BACKGROUND This study investigated the relation between social desirability and self-reported physical activity in web-based research. FINDINGS A longitudinal study (N = 5,495, 54% women) was conducted on a representative sample of the Dutch population using the Marlowe-Crowne Scale as social desirability measure and the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Social ...

The present research explored when observing gaze shifts of another person, involving both the observer and a specific object, enhances desirability of the gazed-at object. Specifically, we offer an initial attempt to test the idea that a three-step sequence consisting of direct gaze at the observer, followed by object-directed gaze and then by direct gaze at the observer, cues the desirability...

BACKGROUND Bias due to social desirability has long been of concern to evaluators relying on self-report data. It is conceivable that health program evaluation is particularly susceptible to social desirability bias as individuals may be inclined to present themselves or certain health behaviors in a more positive light and/or appease the course leader. Thus, the influence of social desirabilit...

Due to climate change and hot summers in most of Algeria’s regions, air conditioning has become a thorny issue, resulting excessive energy consumption. This research focuses on the implementation dew point evaporative coolers as an alternative conventional conditioners. The desirability function approach is used predict optimal operating parameters compare thermal performance water consumption ...

The rise of distributed services and user-driven networking concepts in recent years poses the critical question of stability. Can a system operating under non-cooperation and self-interest converge to a stable state? and how fast? The answers to these questions readily lend themselves to game theory analysis, and to the study of congestion games in particular. In the past, much work have been ...