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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Eat Disord. 2011 Mar;44(2):157–163. doi: 10.1002/eat.20802

Table 3.

Agreement between Eating Disorder Examination and Questionnaire for Eating and Weight Patterns - Revised for DSM-IV behavioral indicators for binge eating episodes.

Objective Binge Episode (OBE) behavioral indicators Phi Kappa
Eating more rapidly than normal 0.48*** 0.48***
Eating until uncomfortably full 0.38** 0.36**
Eating large amount when not physically hungry 0.39** 0.36**
Eating alone because embarrassed 0.62*** 0.62***
Feeling disgusted depressed or very guilt after OBE 0.21 0.20

Note.

*

p<0.05,

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001, two tailed. Effect sizes of approximately .10, .30, and .50 are considered small, medium, and large, respectively [37].