Validity and reliability of the Eating Problem Checklist.
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Abstract | :
The aim of this study was to validate the latest version of the Eating Problem Checklist (EPCL), a tool designed to assess eating-disorder behaviours and psychopathology in patients with eating disorders, session-by-session. The EPCL was completed at baseline by participants with eating disorders ( = 161) and a healthy control group ( = 379) and then administered session-by-session in a subgroup of 75 participants with eating disorders. The EPCL demonstrated good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent and criterion validity, and principal axis analysis of the session-by-session data identified two factors ('eating concerns' and 'body image concerns') that accounted for 51.3% of the variance. Furthermore, session-by-session analysis indicated that the EPCL is able to identify specific weekly improvements and/or deterioration in eating-disorder psychopathology. These findings suggest that the EPCL is a valid and reliable self-report questionnaire that provides relevant clinical information regarding weekly changes in eating-disorder behaviours and psychopathology in patients with eating disorders. |
Year of Publication | :
1969
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Journal | :
Eating disorders
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Volume | :
27
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Issue | :
4
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Number of Pages | :
384-399
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Date Published | :
1969
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ISSN Number | :
1064-0266
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URL | :
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10640266.2018.1528084
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DOI | :
10.1080/10640266.2018.1528084
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Short Title | :
Eat Disord
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