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Validating a multidimensional model of the psychopathology of bulimia nervosa
Author(s) -
Gleaves David H.,
Eberenz Kathleen P.
Publication year - 1995
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(199503)51:2<181::aid-jclp2270510206>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - bulimia nervosa , lisrel , psychology , psychopathology , confirmatory factor analysis , structural equation modeling , clinical psychology , anorexia nervosa , personality , dimensional modeling , set (abstract data type) , eating disorders , social psychology , statistics , data mining , mathematics , computer science , programming language
In a recent preliminary report, a multidimensional model for bulimia nervosa was proposed with latent dimensions body dissatisfaction, restricting behaviors, bulimic behaviors, and affective and personality disorder. It was suggested that body dissatisfaction clearly represented a distinct dimension of the disorder. In the current investigation, we cross‐validated the prior results on a larger sample with a different set of variables and tested the fit against alternative models. Subjects were 497 women diagnosed as having bulimia nervosa. We performed a confirmatory factor analysis using the LISREL 7 program. The results supported the fit of the four‐dimensional model, but also suggested that self‐injurious behaviors may represent additional separate dimensions of the disorder, relatively independent of the affective disturbance.