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

And while asking people to self-report their phone use can be unreliable, recognising our own habits is a "really important first step" to managing them, said Prof Pete Etchells of Bath Spa University.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 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

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

One limitation of the study is that the survey was designed during gene therapies' development and the researchers had to make educated assumptions about potential risks and respondents had to self-report their symptom severity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2023

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

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

This data included self-reports from more than 31,000 women, 4,184 who underwent tubal sterilization.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2024

The team made their anonymized data set publicly available -- including self-reports, surveys, and phone-sensing and brain-imaging data -- to help advance research into the mental health of students during their college years.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

The report cited significant increases in self-reports of depression, anxiety and emergency room visits for mental health challenges.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

It is worth remembering that the book’s insights derive from self-reported data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

What’s more, the information on food insufficiency was self-reported and could be inaccurate.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

But some experts say relying on self-reported screen time statistics can fail to capture the full picture of someone's habits, wellbeing or screen time nuances.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Physical activity was self-reported rather than directly measured, which may affect accuracy.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

This number is based on self-reported survey data.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026

“Patients are self-reporting, and telehealth companies don’t have the patient in front of them to conduct a proper medical assessment,” said Rupal Mathur, an internist in Houston whose practice specializes in weight loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

Earlier this week, Bishop Montgomery announced it was forfeiting its remaining football games after self-reporting violations to the Southern Section.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

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

From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley