Predicting treatment attendance and weight loss: Assessing the psychometric properties and predictive validity of the Dieting Readiness Test

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-183

  Fontaine, Kevin R ^a   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^b   Allison, David B ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031026649     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327752jpa6801_14     Document Type: Article

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