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Signs of anorexia and bulimia nervosa in high school girls reporting combinations of eating and mood symptoms: Relevance of self‐report to interview‐based findings
Author(s) -
Steiger Howard,
Leung Freedom Y. K.,
Ross Deborah J.,
Gulko Judi
Publication year - 1992
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(199209)12:2<143::aid-eat2260120204>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - eating disorders , mood , bulimia nervosa , anorexia nervosa , psychology , anorexia , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , disordered eating , medicine , economics , macroeconomics
Scores from structured clinical interviews for DSM‐III‐R eating and mood disorders were compared across groups of high school girls who, on self‐report, had indicated: (a) eating/ weight concerns and depression (n = 31), (b) eating/weight concerns without depression (n = 54), and (c) neither set of concerns (n = 75). Few girls had full eating disorders, however, clinical signs of anorexia and bulimia nervosa were often detected upon interview, largely in the group reporting concurrent eating and mood problems. Girls reporting eating concerns alone showed no larger number of clinical symptoms than did girls reporting low eating concerns. Results suggested that the isolation of cases at‐risk of clinical‐spectrum eating disturbances can be parsimoniously enhanced by complementing self‐report measures of eating attitudes and behaviors with a measure of concurrent depression. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.