THE CLINICAL EATING DISORDERS RATING INSTRUMENT (CEDRI) - A VALIDATION-STUDY

The study was designed to test the validity of the CEDRI, a semi-struc tured interview for the assessment of much of the psychopathology and behaviours associated with the clinical eating disorders. Evidence of its reliability has previously been published. The present study exami nes the ratings obtained from clinical samples of subjects with anorex ia nervosa (n=39) and bulimia nervosa (n=97) and compares them with a comparison group of women (n=98) who were dieting but not eating disor dered. Statistically significant differences were found between the cl inical samples and the comparison group on almost all items. The overa ll pattern of results provides evidence for the validity of the instru ment.