Psychometric evaluation of the compulsive exercise test (CET) in an adolescent population: Links with eating psychopathology

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-279

  Goodwin, Huw ^a   Haycraft, Emma ^a   Taranis, Lorin ^a   Meyer, Caroline ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents; eating disorders; exercise; measurement; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMITMENT TO EXERCISE SCALE; COMPULSIVE EXERCISE TEST; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDER INVENTORY 2; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LEISURE TIME EXERCISE QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; EATING DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79956196099     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1109     Document Type: Article

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