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Eating-related problems among 13-15 year old Swedish adolescents: Frequency and stability over a one-year period.

Viborg, Njördur LU ; Wångby, Margit LU ; Lundh, Lars-Gunnar LU and Johnsson, Per LU (2012) In Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 53(5). p.401-406
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The frequency of eating-related problems in young adolescents, and their stability over a one-year period, was studied by the RiBED-8 (Risk Behaviours related to Eating Disorders, 8 items) in a community sample of 13-15 year old adolescents who took part in a prospective study with a 2-wave longitudinal design. The RiBED-8 was found to have good reliability and construct validity among the girls, although it did not show equally convincing psychometric properties among boys. With a cut-off of at least three critical answers on the RiBED-8, 28.5-31.0% of the girls were seen as risk cases for the development of eating disorder. Of those girls who were risk cases at Time 1, a majority (68.8%) remained so at Time... (More)
Abstract in Undetermined
The frequency of eating-related problems in young adolescents, and their stability over a one-year period, was studied by the RiBED-8 (Risk Behaviours related to Eating Disorders, 8 items) in a community sample of 13-15 year old adolescents who took part in a prospective study with a 2-wave longitudinal design. The RiBED-8 was found to have good reliability and construct validity among the girls, although it did not show equally convincing psychometric properties among boys. With a cut-off of at least three critical answers on the RiBED-8, 28.5-31.0% of the girls were seen as risk cases for the development of eating disorder. Of those girls who were risk cases at Time 1, a majority (68.8%) remained so at Time 2; of those girls who were not risk cases at Time 1, 16.1 % became risk cases at Time 2. It is suggested that the RiBED-8 is a brief, easily administered instrument that may be potentially useful in screening for eating-related problems among girls. (Less)
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Eating disorders, disordered eating, adolescents, prevalence, screening instrument
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Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
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53
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5
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401 - 406
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1467-9450
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10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00966.x
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Självskadebeteende, emotionsreglering och interpersonella relationer hos tonåringar
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English
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  author       = {{Viborg, Njördur and Wångby, Margit and Lundh, Lars-Gunnar and Johnsson, Per}},
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  keywords     = {{Eating disorders; disordered eating; adolescents; prevalence; screening instrument}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{401--406}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Psychology}},
  title        = {{Eating-related problems among 13-15 year old Swedish adolescents: Frequency and stability over a one-year period.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00966.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00966.x}},
  volume       = {{53}},
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