Validity and reliability of the Eating Problem Checklist.
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| Abstract | 
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              The aim of this study was to validate the latest version of the Eating Problem Checklist (EPCL), a tool designed to assess eating-disorder behaviours and psychopathology in patients with eating disorders, session-by-session. The EPCL was completed at baseline by participants with eating disorders ( = 161) and a healthy control group ( = 379) and then administered session-by-session in a subgroup of 75 participants with eating disorders. The EPCL demonstrated good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and concurrent and criterion validity, and principal axis analysis of the session-by-session data identified two factors ('eating concerns' and 'body image concerns') that accounted for 51.3% of the variance. Furthermore, session-by-session analysis indicated that the EPCL is able to identify specific weekly improvements and/or deterioration in eating-disorder psychopathology. These findings suggest that the EPCL is a valid and reliable self-report questionnaire that provides relevant clinical information regarding weekly changes in eating-disorder behaviours and psychopathology in patients with eating disorders.  | 
        
| Year of Publication | 
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              1969 
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| Journal | 
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              Eating disorders 
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| Volume | 
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              27 
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| Issue | 
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              4 
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| Number of Pages | 
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              384-399 
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| Date Published | 
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              1969 
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| ISSN Number | 
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              1064-0266 
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| URL | 
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              http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10640266.2018.1528084 
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| DOI | 
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              10.1080/10640266.2018.1528084 
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| Short Title | 
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              Eat Disord 
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