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    Adaptation and Evaluation of the Clinical Impairment Assessment to Assess Disordered Eating Related Distress in an Adolescent Female Ethnic Fijian Population

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    Copyright 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company
    Date Issued
    2009-03-23
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    10.1002/eat.20665
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    Becker, Anne E.
    Thomas, Jennifer J.
    Bainivualiku, Asenaca
    Richards, Lauren
    Navara, Kesaia
    Roberts, Andrea L.
    Gilman, Stephen E.
    Striegel-Moore, Ruth H.
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    Becker, Anne E., Jennifer J Thomas, Asenaca Bainivualiku, Lauren Richards, Kesaia Navara, Andrea L. Roberts, Stephen E. Gilman, Ruth H. Striegel-Moore. "Adaptation and Evaluation of the Clinical Impairment Assessment to Assess Disordered Eating Related Distress in an Adolescent Female Ethnic Fijian Population" International Journal of Eating Disorders 43(2): 179-186. (2010)
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    OBJECTIVE: Measurement of disease-related impairment and distress is central to diagnostic, therapeutic, and health policy considerations for eating disorders across diverse populations. This study evaluates psychometric properties of a translated and adapted version of the Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA) in an ethnic Fijian population. METHOD: The adapted CIA was administered to ethnic Fijian adolescent schoolgirls (N = 215). We calculated Cronbach's α to assess the internal consistency, examined the association between indicators of eating disorder symptom severity and the CIA to assess construct and criterion validity, and compared the strength of relation between the CIA and measures of disordered eating versus with measures of generalized distress. RESULTS: The Fijian version of the CIA is feasible to administer as an investigator-based interview. It has excellent internal consistency (α = 0.93). Both construct and criterion validity were supported by the data, and regression models indicated that the CIA predicts eating disorder severity, even when controlling for generalized distress and psychopathology. DISCUSSION: The adapted CIA has excellent psychometric properties in this Fijian study population. Findings suggest that the CIA can be successfully adapted for use in a non-Western study population and that at least some associated distress and impairment transcends cultural differences. Copyright 2009 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord, 2010
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