Psychometric characteristics of the children's eating attitudes test in a Spanish sample

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 338-343

  Sancho, Carolina ^a   Asorey, Oscar ^a   Arija, Victoria ^a   Canals, Josepa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

ChEAT; Children; Eating disorders; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY AREA SATISFACTION SCALE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN EATING ATTITUDE TEST; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING DISORDER; FEAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SPAIN;

EID: 25844505003     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.643     Document Type: Article

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