DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE STIRLING EATING DISORDER SCALES

The development and reliability/validity check of an 80-item, 8-scale measure for use with eating disorder patients is presented. The Stirli ng Eating Disorder Scales (SEDS) assess anorexic dietary behavior, ano rexic dietary cognitions, bulimic dietary behavior, bulimic dietary co gnitions, high perceived external control, low assertiveness, low self -esteem, and self-directed hostility. The SEDS were administered to 82 eating disorder patients and 85 controls. Results indicate that the S EDS are acceptable in terms of internal consistency, reliability, grou p validity, and concurrent validity. (C) 1994 by John Wiley & Sons, In c.