Abstract
The Body Attitude Test (BAT) questionnaire was specifically developed for the assessment of patients with eating disorders. To test its usefulness, the BAT was administered together with other self-report measures (Body Shape Questionnaire, Eating Disorder Inventory, Body Attitude Questionnaire, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) in 69 anorectic, 26 bulimic patients and 165 female university students. The results indicate that the negative body attitude expressed on the BAT is related to other signs of negative body experience The BAT differentiates between clinical and non-clinical subjects and between anorectics and bulimics.
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Probst, M., Van Coppenolle, H. & Vandereycken, W. Further experience with the Body Attitude Test. Eat Weight Disord 2, 100–104 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03339956
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