In a review of the literature on wellbeing in sociological and psychological journals, George (2010) identified five theoretical approaches in gerontological research: discrepancy theories; social comparison theory; strategic investment of resources (such as selective optimisation theory; Baltes and Carstensen 2003); social stratification of wellbeing; and a social indicators perspective.
This conforms to previous research showing discrepancies between the clinician's report and the patient's self-reporting of the same symptom [25].
Previous research on discrepancies had mainly focused on adolescents' age and gender [ 18- 20].
Consistent with prior research, most discrepancies are due to history errors (mean 2.12 per patient) as opposed to reconciliation errors (mean 1.23 per patient) [ 14].
While it is recognised that supervisors may recommend only supervisees with whom they have a good relationship, this is not considered a major threat to validity, since past research demonstrates discrepancies between supervisor and supervisee perceptions of the supervisory alliance [ 37], as has been found for perceptions of the client-therapist alliance [ 38].
Literature on the prevalence and impact of organizational discrepancy is rather scarce, but existing research points to discrepancies in perceptions across organizational levels as potentially causing several detrimental consequences [ 15– 18], such as obstructing effective implementation and leading to diversity in intervention experiences and outcomes [ 14].
The data were extracted independently from each article by two members of the research, and the discrepancies in the information were resolved by consensus meetings.
Our research however finds discrepancies with prior literature on R&D coopetitive networks, which addresses alliances in a form of either joint-ventures, consortia or other arrangements where access is granted only to a few selected partners [1, 4].
Contrary to some past research, time-varying discrepancies in levels of harmful alcohol use between men and women were related to a lower risk of psychological IPV for women and physical IPV for both genders.
The research highlights the discrepancies in predicting overheating using the two UK climate impact programmes; the inconsistencies of risk evaluation using different comfort criteria; and the differences between risk and severity of potential overheating.
