The Irrational Food Beliefs Scale: Development and validation

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-40

  Osberg, Timothy M ^a   Poland, Danielle ^a   Aguayo, Gina ^a   MacDougall, Sharon ^a  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulimia; Depression; Irrational beliefs; Maintenance; Obesity; Self esteem; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRATIONAL FOOD BELIEFS SCALE; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OBESITY; PHOBIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 37349093637     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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