Validation and cross-national comparison of the food neophobia scale (FNS) using confirmatory factor analysis

Appetite

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-173

  Ritchey, Phillip N ^a   Frank, Robert A ^a   Hursti, Ulla Kaisa ^b   Tuorila, Hely ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Neophobia scale; Standardized residuals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FINLAND; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NEOPHOBIA; PSYCHOMETRY; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038392799     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6663(02)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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