The dimensionality of the 12-item version of the Eating Attitudes Test. Confirmatory factor analyses

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-300

  Engelsen, Birthe K ^a   Hagtvet, Knut A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Confirmatory factor analysis; EAT 12; Eating problems; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033256180     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.404129     Document Type: Article

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