Body weight, image and self-esteem evaluation questionnaire: Development and validation of a new scale

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-67

  Awad, A George ^a   Voruganti, Lakshmi N P ^a  

^a Humber Mem Hosp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic drugs; Outcomes; Psychotropic drugs; Quality of life; Self image; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 3142662564     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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