Development of the weight- and body-related shame and guilt scale (WEB-SG) in a nonclinical sample of obese individuals

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-327

  Conradt, Matthias ^a   Dierk, Jan Michael ^a   Schlumberger, Pia ^a   Rauh, Elisabeth ^b   Hebebrand, Johannes ^c   Rief, Winfried ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Staffelstein   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SHAME; WEIGHT AND BODY RELATED SHAME AND GUILT SCALE; WEIGHT CONTROL;

EID: 34250344563     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890701331856     Document Type: Article

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