The eating attitudes test (EAT-26): Reliability and validity in spanish female samples

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1044-1056

  Rivas, Teresa ^b   Bersabé, Rosa ^b   Jiménez, Manuel ^b   Berrocal, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Criterion validity; Eating disorder; Factor structure; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149433886     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600002687     Document Type: Article

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