Emotional Eating Scale for Children and Adolescents: Psychometric Characteristics in a Spanish Sample

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-433

  Perpiñá, Conxa ^a   Cebolla, Ausiàs ^a   Botella, Cristina ^a   Lurbe, Empar ^a   Torró, María Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CHILD; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BULIMIA; CHILD; EATING DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 79957531312     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2011.563468     Document Type: Article

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