Internal validity, dimensionality and performance of the Body Shape Questionnaire in a group of Brazilian college students;Validade interna, dimensionalidade e desempenho da escala Body Shape Questionnaire em uma populacão de estudantes universitários brasileiros

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-24

  Di Pietro, Monica ^a,b   Da Silveira, Dartiu Xavier ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Rua Joinvile 651   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body image; Descriptors; Form perception; Personality factor questionnaire; Students; Validity of tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE QUESTIONNAIRE; BRAZIL; COLLEGE STUDENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 67149113466     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462008005000017     Document Type: Article

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