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Assessing treatment outcome in bulimia nervosa: A methodological note
Author(s) -
Wilson G. Terence
Publication year - 1987
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 - 10.1002/1098-108x(198705)6:3<339::aid-eat2260060303>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - bulimia nervosa , binge eating , psychology , eating disorders , reliability (semiconductor) , binge eating disorder , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , psychiatry , anorexia nervosa , validity , psychometrics , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Assessment of binge eating and purging in bulimia nervosa necessarily relies upon self‐report. The reliability and validity of self‐report is discussed, with special reference to other substance abuse disorders. The Time Line follow back technique is recommended as a means of obtaining more precise, accurate, and clinically useful self‐reports of binge eating and purging. The necessity for multidimensional assessment of treatment effects is underscored, with suggestions of the form this might take.