Title
Bias in Binge Eating Disorder: How representative are recruited clinic samples?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate sampling bias as it affects recruited clinic samples of binge eating disorder (BED). Demographic and clinical characteristics of a recruited clinic sample were compared with a community sample. The 2 groups met the same operational definition of BED and were assessed using the same primarily interview-based methods. Ethnicity, severity of binge eating, and social maladjustment were found to increase treatment seeking among participants with BED rather than levels of psychiatric distress or comorbidity. These findings suggest that previous studies using recruited clinic samples have not biased estimates of psychiatric comorbidity in BED.
Publication Title
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Repository Citation
Wilfley, D. E.; Pike, K. M.; Dohm, Faith-Anne; Striegel-Moore, R. H.; and Fairburn, C. G., "Bias in Binge Eating Disorder: How representative are recruited clinic samples?" (2001). School of Education and Human Development Faculty Publications. 36.
https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/education-facultypubs/36
Published Citation
Wilfley, D. E., Pike, K. M., Dohm, F. A., Striegel-Moore, R. H., & Fairburn, C. G. (2001). Bias in Binge Eating Disorder: How representative are recruited clinic samples? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69(3), 383-388
DOI
10.1037/0022-006X.69.3.383
Peer Reviewed
Comments
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