Eating Attitudes and Neurotic Symptoms in University Students
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TL;DR
There was a clear association between high EAT scores and higher scores on all the subscales of the CCEI except the phobic scale, and ideas about the possible origins of clinical eating disorders were discussed.
Abstract
A postal survey of male and female university students is reported, using the Eating Attitude Test (EAT) and the Crown Crisp Experiential Index (CCEI). Eleven per cent of the 156 female respondents but none of 120 males scored above 30 on the EAT, thereby declaring eating attitudes comparable to anorexic subjects. Of those interviewed, none fulfilled diagnostic criteria for anorexia nervosa, but half showed eating disorder of clinical severity. There was a clear association between high EAT scores and higher scores on all the subscales of the CCEI except the phobic scale. The results are discussed in relation to ideas about the possible origins of clinical eating disorders.