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ConstructValidation of theEating BehaviorChecklist
Delma S. RoblesDe La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
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Cooper & Fairburn (1987) Eating DisorderExamination (EDE) interview measures specificpsychopathology of eating disorders including shapeand weight
Fairburn & Beglin (1994) Eating Disorder ExaminationQuestionnaire (EDE-Q)- questionnaire version of thefull length EDE interview; same 4 subscales: restraint,eating concern, shape concern and weight concern
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Garner (1995) Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI)measures attitudes, feelings and behaviors common toanorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa
Herman & Polivy (1980) Restraint Scale measures weight fluctuation and subjective concern for dieting
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Comparative StudiesSemi-structured interview
Wilson and Smith (1989)- better instrument in assessment of bulimia nervosa
Pyle, Halvorson, Newman & Mitchell (1986)- more accurate in identification of binge eating andfear of loss of control over eating behaviors
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Carter, Aime, & Mills (2001)- showed higher scores in measuring binge and
vomiting frequencies
Tanofsky-Kraff, Morgan, Yanovski, Marmarosh, Wilfley & Yanovski (2003)
- more accurate results
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Fairburn, C. G., Walsh, T. B. & Sysko, R. (2005)- EDE and EDE-Q yield similar assessments of eating
disorder symptoms and change in symptoms afterintervention
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Objective of the StudyTo develop and validate a brief self-reportquestionnaire that assesses the presence of eatingdisorder symptoms and disordered eating patterns of college women
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MeasuresEating Attitudes Test (EAT26)3 Subscales
Dieting (13 items)Bulimia and Food Preoccupation (6 items)Oral Control (7 items)
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Eating Behavior Checklist4 Subscales
Self Starvation (5 items)Food Restraint (6 items)Eating Concern (3 items)Bulimic Behaviors (4 items)
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ProcedureEB Checklist and EAT26 were administeredindividually and in small groups
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Data AnalysisDescriptive statistics (subscales)
Convergent validity
Discriminant validity
Confirmatory Factor Analysis
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Results
Table 1 N M SD Cronbachsalpha SS FR EC BB Diet BFD OCEating BehaviorCheclist
Self-Starvation 258 1.79 1.12 0.8 ---Food Restraint 258 1.63 0.78 0.65 .55** ---Eating
Concerns 258 1.29 0.78 0.23 .43** .33** ---Bulimic
Behaviors 258 0.31 0.53 0.58 .55** .41**.27*
* ---EAT 26
Diet 258 0.53 0.55 0.86 .71** .54**.57*
*.57*
* ---Bulimia/Food
Preoccupation 258 0.18 0.34 0.71 .45** .32**
.43*
*
.45*
* .62** ---
Oral Control 258 0.43 0.47 0.64 .25** .45**.23*
*.30*
* .43** .45** ---
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M M t-value df PEat large amount of food Yes No
_Self-Starvation 1.97 1.68 2.07* 256 0.04
_Food Restraint 1.69 1.59 0.99 256 0.32
_Eating Concerns 1.57 1.12 4.72** 256 0.00_BulimicBehaviors 0.36 0.28 1.21 256 0.23_Diet 0.61 0.49 1.75 256 0.08_Bulimia/FoodPreoccupation 0.25 0.14 2.57** 256 0.01_Oral Control 0.42 0.43 -0.20 256 0.84Engaged in BingeEating Yes No
Self-Starvation 2.03 1.69 2.26* 256 0.02
_Food Restraint 1.76 1.58 1.71 256 0.09
_Eating Concerns 1.62 1.15 4.66** 256 0.00_BulimicBehaviors 0.42 0.26 2.23* 256 0.03_Diet 0.70 0.46 3.28** 256 0.00
Bulimia/FoodPreoccupation 0.26 0.15 2.56** 256 0.01
Oral Control 0.48 0.41 1.15 256 0.25
Discriminant Validity of the EB Checklist and EAT26
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FindingsThose who starve themselves adopt bulimic behaviorsand eat large amount of food when sad or depressedThose who engage in binge eating have less controlover food intakeThose who force vomit to lose weight are notpreoccupied with food
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Those who take pills and laxatives exhibit less bulimicbehaviorsThose who were treated for eating disorder engage indietingThose who divulged that they have thought orattempted suicide were found to have bulimic
behaviors and restrained food intake
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Descriptive statistics showed that the EB Checklistmeasured the factors that it purports to evaluateConfirmatory Factor Analysis supports the construct validity of the two instruments.low internal consistencies of the subscales were foundin the EB Checklist, as influenced by the small number
of items for each subscale
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Research Implicationshow far most young womens self -esteem is attachedto their body weight, shape and size and what dietingor weight loss techniques they employ that may adversely affect their healthhow adolescent women cope with the pressure of media or society in achieving the ideal figure
how disordered eating patterns may lead these young women to other self-destructive behaviors likedrinking, smoking or self-injury
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Thank You
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