Cross-cultural assessment of eating disorders: Psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the Bulimia test-revised

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 418-424

  Berrios Hernandez, Mayra N ^a   Rodríguez Ruiz, Sonia ^b   Perez, Marisol ^a   Gleaves, David H ^c   Maysonet, Marielisa ^d   Cepeda Benito, Antonio ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

BULIT R; Cross cultural assessment; Eating disorders

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; LAXATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; SPAIN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ADULT; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749027076     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.791     Document Type: Article

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