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DavisThin: Davis's Data on Drive for Thinness

Description

The DavisThin data frame has 191 rows and 7 columns. This is part of a larger dataset for a study of eating disorders. The seven variables in the data frame comprise a "drive for thinness" scale, to be formed by summing the items.

Usage

DavisThin

Arguments

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:
DT1
a numeric vector
DT2
a numeric vector
DT3
a numeric vector
DT4
a numeric vector
DT5
a numeric vector
DT6
a numeric vector
DT7
a numeric vector

Source

Davis, C., G. Claridge, and D. Cerullo (1997) Personality factors predisposing to weight preoccupation: A continuum approach to the association between eating disorders and personality disorders. Journal of Psychiatric Research 31, 467--480. [personal communication from the authors.]

References

Fox, J. and Weisberg, S. (2011) An R Companion to Applied Regression, Second Edition, Sage.