Eating when bored: Revision of the emotional eating scale with a focus on boredom

Health Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 521-524

  Koball, Afton M ^a   Meers, Molly R ^a   Storfer Isser, Amy ^a   Domoff, Sarah E ^a   Musher Eizenman, Dara R ^a  

^a Bowing Green State University   (United States)

Author keywords

boredom; emotional eating; emotional eating scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOREDOM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; EATING HABIT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL EATING SCALE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; EATING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOREDOM; EATING; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867593922     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025893     Document Type: Article

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