The Eating Attitudes Test: Twenty-five years later

Garfinkel, Paul E.; Newman, Anne C.

doi:10.1007/bf03339747

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“…EAT-26 has been applied to a variety of cultural and age groups in more than 250 studies conducted on clinical and community samples (18). For the present study, we conducted a literature review to identify all EAT studies fulfilling the following criteria: a) used in a community sample, b) standardized criteria for the diagnosis of anorexia and/or bulimia were adopted, and c) the study provided data to estimate the validity coefficients.…”

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The validity and 4-year test-retest reliability of the Brazilian version of the Eating Attitudes Test-26

Nunes

Camey

Olinto

et al. 2005

Braz J Med Biol Res

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In a cross-sectional study conducted four years ago to assess the validity of the Brazilian version of the Eating Attitudes for the identification of abnormal eating behaviors in a population of young females in Southern Brazil, 56 women presented abnormal eating behavior as indicated by the EAT-26 and the Edinburgh Bulimic Investigation Test. They were each matched for age and neighborhood to two normal controls (N = 112) and were re-assessed four years later with the two screening questionnaires plus the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). The EAT results were then compared to diagnoses originating from the CIDI. To evaluate the temporal stability of the two screening questionnaires, a test-retest design was applied to estimate kappa coefficients for individual items. Given the prevalence of eating disorders of 6.2%, the CIDI psychiatry interview was applied to 161 women. Of these, 0.6% exhibited anorexia nervosa and 5.6%, bulimia nervosa (10 positive cases). The validity coefficients of the EAT were: 40% sensitivity, 84% specificity, and 14% positive predictive value. Cronbach's coefficient was 0.75. For each EAT item, the kappa index was not higher than 0.344 and the correlation coefficient was lower than 0.488. We conclude that the EAT-26 exhibited low validity coefficients for sensitivity and positive predictive value, and showed a poor temporal stability. It is reasonable to assume that these results were not influenced by the low prevalence of eating disorders in the community. Thus, the results cast doubts on the ability of the EAT-26 test to identify cases of abnormal eating behaviors in this population.

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The validity and 4-year test-retest reliability of the Brazilian version of the Eating Attitudes Test-26

Nunes

Camey

Olinto

et al. 2005

Braz J Med Biol Res

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“…Araştırmamıza katılan bireylerin %72,0'sinde, DSÖ' nün yaptığı obezite sınıflamasına göre VKİ değeri normal sınırlardadır. Gazi üniversitesi öğrencilerinde yürütülen bir çalışmada katılımcıların %79,5' inin VKİ değeri (18,(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)9 kg/m2) normal sınırlarda idi [16]. Garibağaoğlu ve arkadaşlarının yürüttüğü çalışmada;…”

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Hemoglobin A1c Screening and Potential Eating Disorder Prevalance in University Students [Universite Ogrencilerinde Hemoglobin A1c Taramasi ve Olasi Yeme Bozuklugu Sikligi]

Ulaş¹,

Pehlivan²

2015

Med-Science

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“…The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) is the most widely used instrument for evaluating eating disorders in adults and adolescents in a variety of cultures and samples 3 . In Portugal, both the long and short versions of EAT were rigorously validated and have been widely used with young adults [4][5][6] .…”

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Portuguese validation of the children's eating attitudes test

Teixeira¹,

Pereira²,

Saraiva³

et al. 2012

Rev. psiquiatr. clín.

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Background: The Eating Attitudes Test (EAT) is the most widely used instrument for evaluating eating disorders in adults and adolescents in a variety of cultures and samples. Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Children's Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT). Method: Nine hundred and fifty-six Portuguese secondary students (565 girls and 391 boys) answered the ChEAT. The test-retest reliability was obtained with data from 206 participants from the total sample who re-answered the questionnaire after 4-6 weeks. Psychometric analyses were carried out for the total sample and separately for girls and boys. Results: Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were satisfactory. Principal components factorial analysis yielded four factors in the total sample, accounting for 42.35% of the total variance. Factor structure was similar in the total sample and in both genders. Factors were labelled: F1 "Fear of Getting Fat", F2 "Restrictive and Purgative Behaviours", F3 "Food Preoccupation" and F4 "Social Pressure to Eat". The concurrent validity, explored using the Contour Drawing Figure Rating Scale (CDRS) was high. Discussion: The Portuguese version of the ChEAT is a valid and useful instrument for the evaluation of abnormal eating attitudes and behaviours among Portuguese adolescents.

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The Eating Attitudes Test: Twenty-five years later

Cited by 175 publications

References 222 publications

The validity and 4-year test-retest reliability of the Brazilian version of the Eating Attitudes Test-26

The validity and 4-year test-retest reliability of the Brazilian version of the Eating Attitudes Test-26

Hemoglobin A1c Screening and Potential Eating Disorder Prevalance in University Students [Universite Ogrencilerinde Hemoglobin A1c Taramasi ve Olasi Yeme Bozuklugu Sikligi]

Portuguese validation of the children's eating attitudes test

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