The Eating Attitudes Test: psychometric features and clinical correlates

Psychological Medicine - Tập 12 Số 4 - Trang 871-878 - 1982
David M. Garner1, Marion P. Olmsted1, Yvonne Bohr1, Paul E. Garfinkel1
1Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and the University of Toronto, Canada

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Psychometric and clinical correlates of the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) are described for a large sample of female anorexia nervosa (N = 160) and female comparison (N = 140) subjects. An abbreviated 26-item version of the EAT (EAT-26) is proposed, based on a factor analysis of the original scale (EAT-40). The EAT-26 is highly correlated with the EAT-40 (r = 0·98) and three factors form subscales which are meaningfully related to bulimia, weight, body-image variables and psychological symptoms. Whereas there are no differces between bulimic and restricter anorexia nervosa patients on the total EAT-26 and EAT-40 scores, these groups do indicate significant differences on EAT-26 fractors. Norms for the anorexia nervosa and female comparison subjects are presented for the EAT-26, EAT-40 and the EAT-26 factors. It is concluded that the EAT-26 is a reliable, valid and economical instrument which may be useful as an objective measure of the symptoms of anorexia nervosa.

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Psychological Medicine

Tập 12 Số 4

871-878

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