The Italian version of the Body Cathexis Scale

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Orlandi, Emanuele ^a,b   Covezzi, R ^a   Galeazzi, G M ^a   Guaraldi, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body cathexis; Body dissatisfaction; Eating disorders; Psychometrics; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHEXIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EATING DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 33845907116     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327562     Document Type: Article

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