Psychometric Properties of Eating Disorder Instruments in Black and White Young Women: Internal Consistency, Temporal Stability, and Validity

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 356-362

  Bardone Cone, Anna M ^a   Boyd, Clarissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; eating disorder; reliability; stability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34748873122     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.19.3.356     Document Type: Article

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