A Revision of the Bulimia Test: The BULIT-R

The Bulimia Test was revised (BULIT-R) to accommodate the DSM-III-R criteria of bulimia nervosa. A 28-item, self-report, multiple-choice scale was developed by comparing responses of clinically identified female bulimics with those of female college students. Cross-validation was performed on independent samples of bulimic and college control subjects. The BULIT-R was a good predictor of group membership. The scale was then completed by female college students, and a stratified sample of these subjects was retested and interviewed approximately 2 months later. The results of retesting and diagnostic judgments based on interviews showed that the BULIT-R was a reliable and valid predictor of bulimia nervosa in a nonclinical population. The BULIT-R correlated highly with 2 other measures of bulimia, indicating a high degree of construct validity.