Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ348864
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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Validity of the Eating Attitudes Test and the Eating Disorders Inventory in Bulimia Nervosa.
Gross, Janet; And Others
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v54 n6 p875-76 Dec 1986
Assessed criterion and concurrent validity of the Eating Attitudes Test and the Eating Disorder Inventory in 82 women with bulimia nervosa. Both tests demonstrated criterion validity by discriminating bulimia nervosa subjects from normals. Only weak support was found for concurrent validity within bulimia subjects. Recommends combination of self-report questionnaires and direct behavioral-measures of eating and vomiting. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Bulimia, Concurrent Validity, Eating Habits, Females, Predictive Validity, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Eating Disorder Inventory
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