Psychometric properties of the Italian Yale Food Addiction Scale in overweight and obese patients

Eating and Weight Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-127

  Innamorati, Marco ^a,b   Imperatori, Claudio ^a,b   Manzoni, Gian Mauro ^c,d   Lamis, Dorian A ^e   Castelnuovo, Gianluca ^d,f,g   Tamburello, Antonino ^a,b   Tamburello, Stella ^a,b   Fabbricatore, Mariantonietta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Skinner   (Italy)

^c ECAMPUS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Italian Society for the Study of Eating Disorders   (Italy)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^g ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Structural equation modeling; Yale Food Addiction Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BINGE EATING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD ADDICTION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALY; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; YALE FOOD ADDICTION SCALE; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924415427     PISSN: 11244909     EISSN: 15901262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40519-014-0142-3     Document Type: Article

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