Ideal Body Stereotype Scale - Revised

This scale assesses how participants have internalized a thin ideal body image.
Internal consistency: alpha=.91
Test-retest reliability: r=.80

Scale (Microsoft Word document)

Selected publications using the scale:

1) Stice, E. (2001). A prospective test of the dual-pathway model of bulimic pathology: Mediting effects of dieting and negative affect. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110, 124-135.

2) Stice, E. & Bearman, K. (2001). Body-image and eating disturbances prospectively predict increases in depressive symptoms in adolescent girls: A growth curve analysis. Developmental Psychology, 37, 597-607.

3) Stice, E. & Whitenton, K. (2002). Risk factors for body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls: A longitudinal investigation. Developmental Psychology, 38, 669-678.

Perceived Sociocultural Pressure Scale

This scale assesses how much pressure participants feel from their family and friends to be thin.
Internal consistency: alpha=.88
Test-retest reliability: r=.93

Scale (Microsoft Word document)

Selected publications using the scale:

1) Stice, E. & Bearman, K. (2001). Body-image and eating disturbances prospectively predict increases in depressive symptoms in adolescent girls: A growth curve analysis. Developmental Psychology, 37, 597-607.

2) Stice, E. & Whitenton, K. (2002). Risk factors for body dissatisfaction in adolescent girls: A longitudinal investigation. Developmental Psychology, 38, 669-678.

Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale

This scale assesses symptoms of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.
Internal consistency: alpha=.89
Test-retest reliability: r=.87

Scale (Microsoft Word document)

Selected publications using the scale:

1) Stice, E., Fisher, M. & Martinez, E. (2004). Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale: Additional evidence of reliability and validity. Psychological Assessment, 16, 60-71.

2) Stice, E. & Ragan, J. (2002). A preliminary controlled evaluation of an eating disturbance psychoeducational intervention for college students. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 31, 159-171.

3) Stice, E., Telch, C. F., & Rizvi, S. L. (2000). Development and validation of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale: A brief self-report measure of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. Psychological Assessment, 12, 123-131.

Eating Disorder Diagnostic Interview

Scale (Microsoft Word document)

Selected publications using the scale:

1) Presnell, K. & Stice, E. (2003). An experimental test of the effect of weight-loss dieting on bulimic pathology: Tipping the scales in a different direction. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 166-170.

2) Stice, E., Burton, E., & Shaw, H. (2004). Prospective relations between bulimic pathology, depression, and substance abuse: Unpacking comorbidity in adolescent girls. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 62-71.

3) Stice, E., Presnell, K., Shaw, H., & Rohde, P. (2005). Psychological and behavioral risk factors for obesity onset in adolescent girls: A prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 195-202.

4) Stice, E. & Shaw, H. (2003). Prospective relations of body image, eating, and affective disturbances to smoking onset in adolescent girls: How Virginia slims. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 129-135.