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

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. (2019) An R Companion to Applied Regression, Third Edition, Sage.