title: Assessing the functional nature of binge eating in the eating disorders.
abstract: This study explored the functional nature of binge eating through the development of a new self-report instrument called the Binge Eating Adjective Checklist. Participants were 405 adult females who presented to a specialized eating disorders clinic. A subset of participants with bulimia nervosa also completed additional psychometrics and treatment. Those participants who reported greater reductions in negative affective and somatic states during a binge episode were also more distressed on measures of perfectionism, self-esteem, ineffectiveness, and interceptive awareness. They were also less likely to achieve abstinence from bingeing and vomiting over the course of treatment. Thus, the instrument appears to offer a methodology for studying the phenomenology of binge eating and the prediction of therapeutic outcome in bulimia nervosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1. ron.davis@lakeheadu.ca
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jamieson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D052018:Bulimia Nervosa / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005221:Fatigue / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome