Japanese version of the Body Attitude Test: Its reliability and validity

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 511-516

  Kashima, Akiko ^a   Yamashita, Tatsuhisa ^b   Okamoto, Akiko ^a   Nagoshi, Yasuhide ^c   Wada, Yoshihisa ^a   Tadai, Toshiaki ^d   Fukui, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Maizuru Hospital   (Japan)

^c KYOTO FIRST RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body Attitude Test; Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0141893556     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2003.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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