Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) is a reliable and valid measure of
             symptoms commonly found in an eating disorder. The test was designed by
             Garner and Garfinkle in 1979. It was designed as a screening device for
             the detection of clinical eating disorders (Boyadjieva & Steinhausen
             1996). Many clinicians have suggested that eating disorders are caused
             by extreme body focus. The EAT-26 is a twenty-six item test which
             focuses on body self-evaluation (Beebe, Holmbeck, Lane, & Rosa 1996).
             High EAT-26 scores were associated with an increased number of "fat" or
             "thin" feelings. Negative feelings of others after dieting were also
             noted. Women with eating disorders may tend to focus on others' body
             shapes. They may also expect others to be as emotionally invested in
             body shapes as they themselves are (Beebe, Hombeck, Scholar, Lane, &
             Rosa 1996). "Clinicians have suggested that anorexia nervosa and
             bulimia nervosa, while behaviorally distinct, share a common core
             pathology; women with both disorders are preoccupied with body weight
             and shape (Beebe, Holmbeck, Scholar, Lane, & Rosa 1996)."
             A sample of university women completed the Eating Attitudes 26-item
             test. Items focused on personal perception on body shape and weight.
             It was predicted that the relationship between EAT-26 scores and
             reactions to dieting situations are stronger when applied directly to
             the self than when applied specifically to others (Beebe, Holmbeck,
             Scholar, Lane, & Rosa 1996). Present data supports the idea that
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