Psychometric properties of the eating attitudes test

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-48

  Ocker, Liette B ^a   Lam, Eddie T C ^b   Jensen, Barbara E ^c   Zhang, James J ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Bulimia nervosa; Eating disorder; Scale development; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CALIBRATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIET; EATING ATTITUDE TEST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947105065     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10913670709337010     Document Type: Article

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