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Kelsie T. Forbush

HiTOP Assessment of the Somatoform Spectrum and Eating Disorders

We report on Phase 1 efforts of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) measurement subgroup tasked with developing provisional scales for the somatoform spectrum and eating disorders. In Study 1, items were written to assess five somatoform spectrum constructs (bodily distress symptoms, conversion symptoms, health anxiety, disease conviction, and somatic preoccupation). Scale development analyses were conducted on 550 university students. The conversion symptom items were too infrequently endorsed and were set aside for Phase 2. Analyses of the other items yielded four scales corresponding closely to their hypothesized structure. In Study 2, we delineated 15 specific feeding a…

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sj-pdf-1-asm-10.1177_10731911211020825 – Supplemental material for HiTOP Assessment of the Somatoform Spectrum and Eating Disorders

Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-asm-10.1177_10731911211020825 for HiTOP Assessment of the Somatoform Spectrum and Eating Disorders by Martin Sellbom, Kelsie T. Forbush, Sara R. Gould, Kristian E. Markon, David Watson and Michael Witthöft in Assessment

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