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The researcher remained in the room with the participants whilst they completed the
questionnaires in order to supervise, ensure confidentiality was maintained amongst the
participants and to answer any questions e.g. about the meaning of words or questions.
The participants were thanked for their involvement in the study by being given a
certificate (see appendix 9) that they could put in their record of achievement folder.
They were also given a debrief sheet which is described below (see Appendix 10).
Measures:
Four self-report standardised questionnaires were used and additional background
information was collected. The questionnaires used were the Eating Disorder Inventory –
Third Edition (EDI-3 - Appendix 1), Avoidance and Fusion questionnaire for Youth
(AFQ-Y), (Appendix 2), Body image - Acceptance and Action questionnaire (BIAAQ)
(Appendix 3), and Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale, (HADS) (Appendix 4). The
background information sheet was a two sided list of questions put together by the
researcher (Appendix 5).
1) The Eating Disorder Inventory, Third Edition, Garner, D., Olmsted, M. and Polivy,
J. (2004) (EDI-3) is a 91-item, 6-point forced-choice inventory assessing several
behavioral and psychological traits considered common in eating disorders. The EDI-3, is
a self-report measure devised in the U.S and has been used frequently for research in the
Western world. The manual details that the questionnaire can be utilised as a screening
device, outcome measure, or part of typological research. The EDI-3 provides normative
information for females with eating disorders who are aged 13-53 years. All normative
protocols were collected in various outpatient and inpatient settings.
Scoring:
The EDI-3 consists of 12 subscale scores. The subscales; Drive for Thinness (DT),
Bulimia (B), Body Dissatisfaction (BD) indicate eating disorder risk.
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