Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.
J Clin Psychol Med Settings. 2022 Mar;29(1):34-43. doi: 10.1007/s10880-021-09772-6. Epub 2021 Mar 29.
The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the validity of scores on the Eating Concerns (EAT) scale on the recently released Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3 (MMPI-3), which aims to assess for problematic eating behaviours. It was hypothesised that the EAT scale scores would be correlated with binge eating, purging, restrictive eating, weight and body shape concerns. Participants were 396 university students, who completed a series of well-validated eating disorder measures. The EAT scale scores evidenced moderate to large correlations with many symptom dimensions of EDs, including binge eating, purging, restrictive eating and weight and shape concern, thus, supporting the hypotheses and showing evidence for criterion validity. Hierarchical regression analyses also revealed incremental validity for the EAT scale above and beyond other MMPI-3 Specific Problems scale scores. Overall, scores on the new MMPI-3 EAT scale were associated with positive support for validity in a university population and seem promising as a good screening measure for eating pathology.
本研究旨在评估最近发布的明尼苏达多相人格测验-3（MMPI-3）中进食担忧量表（EAT）的得分的有效性，该测验旨在评估问题性进食行为。研究假设 EAT 量表的得分与暴食、清除、限制进食、体重和身体形状担忧有关。参与者为 396 名大学生，他们完成了一系列经过充分验证的饮食障碍测量。EAT 量表的得分与 ED 的许多症状维度呈中度至高度相关，包括暴食、清除、限制进食以及体重和体型担忧，从而支持了假设，并为效标效度提供了证据。层次回归分析还表明，EAT 量表的得分比 MMPI-3 特定问题量表的得分具有更高的增量有效性。总体而言，新的 MMPI-3 EAT 量表的得分与大学生群体中对有效性的积极支持有关，并且作为一种良好的饮食障碍筛查测量工具似乎很有前途。
