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Belief and Behavior Aspects of the EAT-26: The Case of Schoolgirls in Belize
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, 09/28/09

Anderson–Fye EP et al. – Discriminant validity was found between attitudinal and behavioral aspects of the EAT–26 as evidenced by face validity and patterns in predicting body image preference and desired weight change. Such a distinction has implications for assessing risk for disordered eating among populations undergoing acculturative stress. Among such populations, while behavioral symptoms might be absent or present in subclinical levels, disordered beliefs associated with psychological distress or potential precursors to eating–disordered behavior might be detected and should be investigated further.

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