Correlation between the EAT-26 and the EAT-40, the Eating Disorders Inventory, and the Restrained Eating Inventory

The 40-item Eating Attitudes Jest, the 26-item Eating Attitudes Test, the Restrained Eating Inventory (El), and the Eating Disorders Inventory (EDI) were given to 81 women who were participating in an eating disorders study. The EAT-26 totals and the scores of the three factors were intercorrelated. The scores of the EAT-26 were also correlated with the scores of the EAT-40, and El, and the EDI. The EAT-26 correlated significantly with all three of its factors as well as with the EAT-40. These results suggest that the EAT-26 is a reliable and economical substitute for the EAT-40. The EAT-26 correlates highly with the eight subscales of the EDI and with the El, suggesting concurrent validity.