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The Bulimic Automatic Thoughts Test: Initial reliability and validity data
Author(s) -
Franko Debra L.,
Zuroff David C.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(199207)48:4<505::aid-jclp2270480411>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , test (biology) , intervention (counseling) , reliability (semiconductor) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
The Bulimic Automatic Thoughts Test (BATT) was designed to address some of the limitations found in previous measures of the cognitions of bulimic patients. In this study, bulimic, depressed, obese, and normal subjects were differentiated on the BATT, which suggests that it is a useful measure for detecting cognitions specific to bulimic patients. Scores on the BATT improved after a trial of cognitive‐behavioral therapy for the bulimic subjects. The BATT may be useful in predicting which bulimic women will continue to have distorted thinking after treatment and will require additional intervention.