The development of the P-CAN, a measure to operationalize the pros and cons of anorexia nervosa

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 416-433

  Serpell, Lucy ^a,b,c   Teasdale, John D ^d   Troop, Nicholas A ^e   Treasure, Janet ^e,f  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b London Huntercombe Manor Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Eating disorder; Egosyntonic; Motivation; Principal components analysis; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROS AND CONS OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 9744246738     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20040     Document Type: Article

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