Addiction Measures

Dr. David Hodgins and Cayla Martin 
University of Calgary
Department of Psychology
Addictive Behaviour Laboratory

The following resource is an index of diagnostic measures for addiction and mental health disorders. Included is the major contributing literature and associated material summarizing the findings and uses of the measures.  

This measurement database was prepared as part of a Systematic Review of Measures for the Measuring Addictions and Mental Health Problems in Alberta study. Funding was provided by a private benefactor.

• Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS)

  Brief Description:
  • Stice, Telch, & Rizvi (2000) 
  • DSM-IV criteria for anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorder
  • ...

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  Addiction Measures

  Adults Eating disorders Adolescents Eating behaviour Addiction Measures

• Eating Disorders Examination (EDE) and Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q)

  Brief Description:

  • Original EDE was a created by Cooper and Fairburn (1987) however this measure was labour and time ...

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  Eating Adults Eating disorders Children Adolescents Eating behaviour

• Emotional Eating Scale (EES)

  Brief Description:
  • Arnow, Kenardy, & Agras (1995)
  • Three subscales: 1 = Anger/frustration, 2 = Anxiety, 3 = Depression ...

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  Eating Adults Eating behaviour Emotional eating

• Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ)

  Brief Description:
  • Van Strien, et al. (1986)
  • Three types of eating: Restrained, Emotional, and External
  
  Versions:
  • Dutch ...

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  Eating Adults Eating disorders Children Adolescents Eating behaviour

• Interview for Diagnosis of Eating Disorders (IDED-IV)

  Brief Description:
  • IDED-IV version revised by Kutlesic, Williamson, Gleaves, & Barbin (1998)
  • First (of four) versions created by ...

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  Adults Eating disorders Adolescents

• Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI-2)

  Brief Description:
  • Garner (1991)

  • Three versions: EDI developed by Garner and Olmsted in 1984. EDI-2 released by Psychological ...

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  Females Eating Adults Eating disorders

• Bulimia Test Revised (BULIT-R)

  Brief Description:
  • Wonderlick, & Smith (1991)
  • Revision of the Bulimia Test by Smith and Thelen (1984)
  • Designed ...

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  Eating Adults Bulimia Eating disorders Purging Adolescents

• Children’s Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT)

  Brief Description:
  • Maloney, McGuire, & Daniels (1988)
  • A child’s version of the EAT (Garner, Olmstead, & Garfinkle, 1982) ...

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  Eating Eating disorders Children's eating Children Youth

• Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)

  Brief Description:
  • Garner, Olmsted, Bohr, & Garfinkel (1982)
  • Adapted from the original EAT-40
  • While many other versions ...

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  Eating Adults Eating disorders Adolescents

• Compulsive Eating Scale

  Brief Description:
  • Dunn, & Ondercin (1981)
  • Revised version of scale by Ondercin (1979)
  • Focus on personality and ...

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  Eating Adults Eating disorders Compulsive eating Adolescents

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