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Analysis of the internal consistency and component parts of the bulimia test using both university and eating problem samples
Author(s) -
Wertheim Eleanor Hedy
Publication year - 1989
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(198905)8:3<325::aid-eat2260080308>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - binge eating , internal consistency , psychology , disordered eating , consistency (knowledge bases) , eating disorders , test (biology) , clinical psychology , bulimia nervosa , developmental psychology , psychometrics , mathematics , paleontology , geometry , biology
The Bulimia Test (BULIT; Smith & Thelen, 1984) was administered to (1) 258 university females and (2) 228 females requesting help for binge eating or stating they had been bulimic. BULIT criteria for bulimia were met by 3.9% of the former and 80% of the latter samples. The samples were analyzed separately and together. The aim was to discover whether previous factors produced using U.S. university students would be replicated using cross‐cultural and primarily eating‐disordered samples. Factor analyses using promax rotation partially replicated results of previous studies. The BULIT appears to be highly internally consistent and comprises mostly one major factor, heavily weighted with items reflecting disordered eating. However, secondary factors do appear across studies. Findings across studies were compared and future use of BULIT factors discussed.