Psychometric properties of Sizing Me Up in a community sample of 4 th and 5 th grade students with overweight and obesity

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1012-1022

  Cushing, Christopher C ^a   Steele, Ric G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; confirmatory factor analysis; overweight and obesity; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT;

CHILD; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84866941886     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss075     Document Type: Article

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