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Eating Disorder Inventory (eating + disorder_inventory)

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Psychology	75%

Selected Abstracts

Depressive tendencies and lower levels of self-sacrifice in mothers, and selflessness in their anorexic daughters,

EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW, Issue 3 2008
Eytan Bachar
Abstract (1) To compare levels of selflessness (the tendency to ignore one's own needs and serve others') and asceticism of parents and daughters, in anorexic and control families. (2) To investigate the relationship between parents' depression and daughters' selflessness. Twenty-eight anorexic daughters and their 28 mothers and 23 fathers were compared to 29 control daughters and their 29 mothers and 28 fathers, participants were administered the Beck Depression Inventory, the Selflessness Scale, the asceticism scale of the Eating Disorder Inventory and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV. Anorexics' mothers showed significantly lower levels of selflessness and asceticism compared to control mothers; anorexic daughters showed significantly higher levels of selflessness and asceticism compared to control daughters. Depressive tendencies in anorexics' mothers were associated positively and significantly with their daughters' selflessness. The results support the clinical literature that depicts the anorexic daughters' readiness to sacrifice themselves for the family's needs. Clinical implications are drawn. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. [source]

Different changes of body-images in patients with anorexia or bulimia nervosa during inpatient psychosomatic treatment

EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW, Issue 2 2006
Dieter Benninghoven
Abstract Background Changes of perceptual body size distortion and body dissatisfaction during inpatient psychosomatic treatment were assessed. Differences between patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa were compared. Methods Forty-one female patients with anorexia and 37 with bulimia nervosa were examined at beginning and end of an inpatient psychosomatic treatment. Body images were assessed by the somatomorph matrix and by the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2). Results Both groups showed a distorted body size perception at the beginning of treatment. This decreased with the bulimia patients, with anorexia patients it largely remained in spite of a successful increase in weight. With bulimia patients body satisfaction improved, whereas it hardly changed with anorexia patients. Conclusion Bulimia patients were able to positively modify their body images. Treatment might have enabled patients with anorexia to maintain their level of body satisfaction and to tolerate a bigger perceived body image while they significantly gained weight. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association. [source]

A prospective study of disordered eating among sorority and nonsorority women

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS, Issue 3 2004
Kelly C. Allison
Abstract Objective The current study examined disordered eating prospectively among sorority and nonsorority women. Method University women were surveyed during their first, second, and third undergraduate years. Disordered eating, depression, self-esteem, body mass index (BMI), and ideal weight were measured. Results Disordered eating did not differ between the groups before women joined sororities. By Time 3, sorority women reported higher Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) Drive for Thinness subscale scores than nonsorority women, but the EDI Bulimia and Body Dissatisfaction subscales did not differ. BMI, ideal weights, depression, and self-esteem did not differ. Conclusions Women who join sororities are similar to those who do not in their baseline levels of disordered eating, but they maintain more rigorous attitudes and behaviors regarding dieting over the course of their higher education. © 2004 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 35: 354,358, 2004. [source]

Acceptability and psychometric properties of the Structured Clinical interview for Anorexic-Bulimic Spectrum (SCI-ABS)

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METHODS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, Issue 2 2000
Professor Dr M. Mauri
In this study we evaluated the psychometric properties of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Anorexic-Bulimic Spectrum (SCI-ABS), including internal consistency, concurrent validity, discriminant validity and test,retest reliability. We also determine acceptability and feasibility of administration of the interview. The SCI-ABS was designed to assess typical and atypical symptoms, behaviours and temperament traits pertaining to eating disorders. The interview included 134 items grouped into nine domains, four of which were divided into subdomains. Data were collected from 372 subjects: 55 psychiatric patients with any eating disorder according to DSM-IV criteria, 118 university students, 141 subjects working out in a gym, and 65 obstetrical patients. Concurrent validity of the instrument was assessed against the Eating Attitude Test (EAT) and the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI). Thirty-five subjects were also recruited to study the test,retest reliability and 25 women with any eating disorder were administered both the self-report and the interview formats of the SCI-ABS. Internal consistency of domains and subdomains was good. Mean domain and subdomain scores were significantly higher in patients with eating disorders, supporting the discriminant validity of the instrument. Correlation with EAT and EDI indicated good concurrent validity. Test,retest reliability was excellent and the agreement between the interview and self-report formats was satisfactory. Copyright © 2000 Whurr Publishers Ltd. [source]