Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale

EATING SCREEN
Over the past 3 months…
1. Have you felt fat? 0Not at all‚ 1‚ 2=Slightly‚ 3‚ 4=Moderately‚ 5‚ 6=Extremely
2. Have you had a definite fear that you might gain weight or become fat? 0Not at all‚ 1‚ 2=Slightly‚ 3‚ 4=Moderately‚ 5‚ 6=Extremely
3. Has your weight influenced how you think about (judge) yourself as a person? 0Not at all‚ 1‚ 2=Slightly‚ 3‚ 4=Moderately‚ 5‚ 6=Extremely
4. Has your shape influenced how you think about (judge) yourself as a person? 0Not at all‚ 1‚ 2=Slightly‚ 3‚ 4=Moderately‚ 5‚ 6=Extremely
5. During the past 6 months have there been times when you felt you have eaten what other people would regard as an unusually large amount of food (e.g.‚ a quart of ice cream) given the circumstances? YES NO
6. During the times when you ate an unusually large amount of food‚ did you experience a loss of control (feel you couldn’t stop eating or control what or how much you were eating)? YES NO
7. How many DAYS per week on average over the past 6 MONTHS have you eaten an unusually large amount of food and experienced a loss of control? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8. How many TIMES per week on average over the past 3 MONTHS have you eaten an unusually large amount of food and experienced a loss of control? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
During these episodes of overeating and loss of control did you…
9. Eat much more rapidly than normal? YES NO
10. Eat until you felt uncomfortably full? YES NO
11. Eat large amounts of food when you didn’t feel physically hungry? YES NO
12. Eat alone because you were embarrassed by how much you were eating? YES NO
13. Feel disgusted with yourself‚ depressed‚ or very guilty after overeating? YES NO
14. Feel very upset about your uncontrollable overeating or resulting weight gain? YES NO
15. How many times per week on average over the past 3 months have you made yourself vomit to prevent weight gain or counteract the effects of eating? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
16. How many times per week on average over the past 3 months have you used laxatives or diuretics to prevent weight gain or counteract the effects of eating? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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17. How many times per week on average over the past 3 months have you fasted (skipped at least 2 meals in a row) to prevent weight gain or counteract the effects of eating? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
18. How many times per week on average over the past 3 months have you engaged in excessive exercise specifically to counteract the effects of overeating episodes? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
19. How much do you weigh? If uncertain‚ please give your best estimate. _____ lbs.
20. How tall are you? _Please specify in inches (5 ft.= 60 in.)___ in.
21. Over the past 3 months‚ how many menstrual periods have you missed? 0 1 2 3 n/a
22. Have you been taking birth control pills during the past 3 months?  YES NO
 
Please refer to

Stice‚ E.‚ Fisher‚ M.‚ & Martinez‚ E. (2004) for scoring procedures.

 

Stice‚ E. (2001). A prospective test of the dual-pathway model of bulimic pathology: Mediting effects of dieting and negative affect.Journal of Abnormal Psychology‚ 110‚ 124-135.

Stice‚ E. & Bearman‚ K. (2001). Body-image and eating disturbances prospectively predict increases in depressive symptoms in adolescent girls: A growth curve analysis. Developmental Psychology‚ 37‚ 597-607. 

Stice‚ E. & Whitenton‚ K. (2002). Risk factors for body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls: A longitudinal investigation. Developmental Psychology‚ 38‚ 669-678

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