Candy C M, Fee V E
Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State 39762, USA.
J Clin Child Psychol. 1998 Mar;27(1):117-27. doi: 10.1207/s15374424jccp2701_13.
Developed a rating scale to measure body image satisfaction and eating behaviors and disturbances in preadolescent girls and evaluated the psychometric properties of the instrument. The Eating Behaviors and Body Image Test (EBBIT) for preadolescent girls was administered to 291 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade girls to identify the measure's factor structure. Body Image Silhouettes (BIS; Childress, Brewerton, Hodges, & Jarrell, 1993) were also administered, and height and weight measurements were obtained. Although four factors were predicted (maladaptive thoughts about body size, restrictive eating, bingeing, and compensatory behavior for overeating), corresponding to adult criteria for the diagnoses of anorexia and bulimia, factor analysis of the EBBIT suggested only two factors: Body Image Dissatisfaction/Restrictive Eating and Binge Eating Behaviors. Only two compensatory behaviors (exercising to burn off food eaten and skipping meals after overeating) loaded on the scale, and they loaded on the Body Image Dissatisfaction/Restrictive Eating factor. Internal consistency and test-retest reliabilities were adequate to good, and initial validity of the scale was established by using scores on the Body Image Silhouettes, body mass index ratios, age, and race as predictors of EBBIT scores.
开发了一种评分量表，用于测量青春期前女孩的身体意象满意度、饮食行为及紊乱情况，并评估了该工具的心理测量特性。对291名四、五、六年级的女孩施测了青春期前女孩饮食行为与身体意象测试（EBBIT），以确定该测量方法的因子结构。同时还施测了身体意象轮廓图（BIS；Childress、Brewerton、Hodges和Jarrell，1993年），并获取了身高和体重测量数据。尽管预测有四个因子（对体型的适应不良想法、限制性饮食、暴饮暴食以及对暴饮暴食的代偿行为），与成人厌食症和贪食症的诊断标准相对应，但EBBIT的因子分析仅显示出两个因子：身体意象不满/限制性饮食和暴饮暴食行为。量表上仅有两种代偿行为（通过锻炼消耗摄入的食物以及暴饮暴食后不吃饭），且它们加载在身体意象不满/限制性饮食因子上。内部一致性和重测信度良好，该量表的初步效度通过将身体意象轮廓图得分、体重指数比率、年龄和种族作为EBBIT得分的预测指标得以确立。
