Personality correlates of obese eating behaviour: Swedish universities Scales of Personality and the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 210-215

  Elfhag, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cognitive restraint; Disinhibition; Flexible control psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 33144461696     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327487     Document Type: Article

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