Reliability and predictive validity of the Food Technology Neophobia Scale

Appetite

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 390-393

  Evans, G ^a   Kermarrec, C ^b   Sable, T ^b   Cox, D N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b INSFA   (France)

Author keywords

Psychometric scale; Reliability; Stability; Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPHOBIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PASTEURIZATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRIPLOIDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76949103580     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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