Investigating the structure of the eating inventory (three-factor eating questionnaire): A confirmatory approach

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 255-264

  Mazzeo, Suzanne E ^a   Aggen, Steven H ^b,c   Anderson, Charles ^a,b,c   Tozzi, Federica ^b,c   Bulik, Cynthia M ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Eating Inventory; Three Factor Eating Questionnaire; Twin study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYTIC METHOD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EATING DISORDER; EATING INVENTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TWINS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DISEASES IN TWINS; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0042208253     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.10180     Document Type: Article

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