Psychological Assessment of the Eating Disorders

Abstract

Clinicians and researchers have several approaches with which to assess eating disorder and related symptomatology, including interviews, self-report instruments, and behavioral measures. The purpose of this chapter is to describe a process, based on a functional approach, that will help assessors to develop assessments and choose instruments for eating disorders and eating-related problems. This approach takes into account both theoretical and practical concerns and allows assessors to individualize their assessments depending on their particular needs. This process starts with broad considerations about the context in which the assessment is to be given and ends with the choice of specific instruments to be used.

Exercise addiction and dependence.

“…or the Eating Disorder Diagnosis Scale(Stice, Telch, & Rizvi, 2000; seeAnderson & Murry, 2010, for an overview of eating disorders assessment methods). If secondary exercise dependence is ruled out, then a more detailed assessment of primary exercise dependence…”