title: Selective processing of eating disorder relevant stimuli: does the Stroop Test provide an objective measure of bulimia nervosa?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the specificity of the modified Stroop test as an objective measure of bulimia nervosa.
  
  
  METHODS
  A modified Stroop Test was administered to patients with bulimia nervosa and two non-clinical control groups of restrained and unrestrained eaters.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The data failed to show any specificity in the Stroop effect. Nor did the test provide a useful measure of treatment response.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Taken in conjunction with previous inconsistent findings, the results of this study call into question the utility of the modified Stroop effect as a specific measure of bulimia nervosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Labouvie
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heffernan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results