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Validity of questionnaires for assessing dysfunctional cognitions in bulimia nervosa
Author(s) -
Bonifazi Deanne Zotter,
Crowther Janis H.,
Mizes J. Scott
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(200005)27:4<464::aid-eat12>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - psychology , bulimia nervosa , dysfunctional family , cognition , clinical psychology , anorectic , binge eating , developmental psychology , eating disorders , psychiatry , food intake , medicine
Abstract Objective This research investigated the validity of the Bulimic Cognitive Distortions Scale and the Mizes Anorectic Cognitions Questionnaire. The ability of these questionnaires to discriminate among individuals with bulimia, restrained eaters, and normals was also investigated. Method Scores on these retrospective self‐report questionnaires were compared to cognitions assessed via in vivo thought‐sampling. Cognitions of 15 women with bulimia nervosa, 15 restrained eaters, and 15 non‐eating disordered women were assessed. Results Results indicated that both the BCDS and the MAC successfully discriminated among individuals with bulimia, restrained eaters, and normals, and adequately measured in vivo attitudes and beliefs associated with food and eating, weight and body‐image, and low self‐efficacy. Discussion These findings support the continued use of both the BCDS and the MAC. © 2000 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 27: 464–470, 2000.