The development and validation of the Dieting Intentions Scale (DIS)

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 264-278

  Cruwys, Tegan ^a,b   Platow, Michael J ^a   Rieger, Elizabeth ^a   Byrne, Don G ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dieting behavior; Disordered eating; Intentions; Measurement; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIETING INTENTIONS SCALE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EATING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL VALIDITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIET THERAPY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875363523     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030547     Document Type: Article

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