self-report

American  

[self-ri-pawrt] / ˈsɛlf rɪˈpɔrt /

verb

self-reported, self-reporting

1. to report or give an account of (one's own actions, problems, feelings, etc.).

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adjective

1. relating to, used in, or obtained through a process in which people or organizations report on their own actions, problems, feelings, etc.

noun

self-reports plural

1. a report made by a person or organization about their own actions, problems, feelings, etc., especially in a data-gathering context for psychological or social science research; the act of making such a report.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-reported
  adjective
• self-reportedly
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• self-reports
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

self-report self-reports self-reported self-reporting

The organization had no investigators on staff and asked school administrators to look into complaints themselves and self-report any misconduct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Currently, many platforms rely on people who sign up to self-report their own ages.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

While he acknowledged the limitations of a study that relies on officers to self-report force, Ross said the results are significant.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024

The EPA methane estimate for landfills uses the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, which requires high-emitting facilities to self-report their emissions annually.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024

Tenant groups have criticized the law for being difficult to prosecute because renters often need to self-report potential violations to local and state authorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024

This doesn’t prove they are conscious, but it shows these self-reports track the model’s truth-telling mechanisms, not random outputs the model learned to parrot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

“Those self-reports actually reflect how the patient was doing,” he added.

From Salon ● May 23, 2025

United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into Windermere were "potentially non-compliant" but that it self-reports "over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the Environment Agency".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024

Each participant provided self-reports of their diets and weights every four years.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2023

Annually, each company self-reports how it manages vegetation that could impact electrical operations, including the amount of brush and trees removed.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2022

Television habits were self-reported, which is generally less precise than directly measuring viewing time.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

The majority of the studies on UPFs that make headlines are observational papers looking at associations between self-reported food intake and health outcomes—these tell us little about whether UPFs actually cause ill health.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

In several Western countries, self-reported loneliness among young adults appears to have risen over the past four or five decades; young adults report more loneliness than middle-aged or older adults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

However, she cautioned, "the study relied on self-reported data and was short-term, so longer research is needed to confirm its impact on heart health".

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

“The study finds that financial fulfillment is related to positive life outcomes, including higher life satisfaction, better self-reported mental and physical health, and stronger interpersonal and community connections,” the report said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

“The ratings system is not accurate — the information the system takes is from self-reporting from the industry.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

Despite the prevalence of digestive-health issues, flatulence researchers have been limited to either invasive laboratory studies or self-reporting, which has proven unreliable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

"Serious questions need to be asked about how, if trusts are unable to accurately self-report compliance, how satisfied can we be that similar misreporting is not commonplace in other areas of self-reporting."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

The scientific literature on the issue, however, is scant—just a few studies, the largest of which relied on hemorrhoid self-reporting rather than evaluations, which makes the results less reliable.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025

The "self-reporting" system was the hobby of this man.

From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley