Reliability and validity of the overeating tension scale

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-160

  Popkess Vawter, Sue ^a   Gerkovich, Mary M ^b   Wendel, Shirley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of Kansas Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034279783     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.8.2.145     Document Type: Article

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