The psychometric properties of the readiness and motivation questionnaire: A symptom-specific measure of readiness for change in the eating disorders

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 759-768

  Geller, Josie ^a   Brown, Krista E ^b   Srikameswaran, Suja ^a   Piper, William ^a   Dunn, Erin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating disorders; Measurement; Motivation; Psychometric validation; Readiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BULIMIA; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READINESS AND MOTIVATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84883827181     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032539     Document Type: Article

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