Measurement invariance of the Eating Attitudes Test-26 in Caucasian and Hispanic women

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-320

  Belon, Katherine E ^a   Smith, Jane Ellen ^a   Bryan, Angela D ^a   Lash, Denise N ^b   Winn, Jaime L ^c   Gianini, Loren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Aurora Sinai Medical Center   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EAT 16; EAT 26; Hispanic; Measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING ATTITUDE TEST 26; EATING DISORDER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055112995     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: 18737358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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