Eating behavior and personality: an exploratory analysis

María Teresa Sanfuentes; Fernando Lolas

doi:10.1016/0191-8869(88)90112-2

Eating behavior and personality: an exploratory analysis

María Teresa Sanfuentes
, Fernando Lolas

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An explonatory study on a university student sample (N = 67) shows that scores on Restraint, Disinhibition and Hunger of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) of Stunkard and Messick (1985) are not associated with EPQ and MMPI personality dimensions. However, Restraint and EPQ Psychoticism load on the same Varimax-rotated factor and low predictability of TFEQ factor scores was found for some MMPI scales. Restraint and Disinhibition appeared significantly intercorrelated in the whole sample and in the sex-based subsamples. It is suggested that TFEQ scores are complementary to personality tests in the evaluation of eating behavior disorders.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	435-437
Number of pages	3
Journal	Personality and Individual Differences
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(88)90112-2
State	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

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