title: Psychometric validation of the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire: application to subgroups of eating disorders.
abstract: Eating disorder patients show extremes of the personality characteristics measured by the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ). For this reason, the TPQ was tested in four subgroups of eating disorder patients. Patients completed the TPQ and their responses were compared with a normative sample of women. Results indicated that the TPQ is an internally consistent and valid instrument to use with eating disorder patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College, Westchester Division, NY.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Kleifield
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sunday
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hurt
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Halmi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000856:Anorexia Nervosa / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D002032:Bulimia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality / Q000145:classification; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results