Comparison of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) in the Netherlands, Austria and Italy

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 472-479

  Waldherr, Karin ^a   Favaro, Angela ^b   Santonastaso, Paolo ^b   Van Strien, Tatjana ^c   Rathner, Günther ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Eating disorders; EDI; Europe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL ASPECT; AGE; BODY MASS; MALE; OBESITY; PERSONALITY TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149335368     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.881     Document Type: Article

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