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Can adolescents' perceptions of their weight be used in screening for eating disorders? A pilot study of a short screening questionnaire
Author(s) -
Dring G. J.,
Singlehurst P.,
Hutton S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.598
Subject(s) - eating disorders , underweight , overweight , psychology , clinical psychology , normal weight , psychiatry , test (biology) , perception , medicine , obesity , paleontology , neuroscience , biology
A Short Screening Questionnaire (SSQ) was devised to select schoolgirls who are underweight but see themselves as overweight. It was predicted that this would identify girls with eating disorders. This was unsuccessful. A comparison was made with the Eating Attitude Test (EAT). Inaccuracy in self‐reports of weight and height may be a factor in the failure. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.