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Ruminative Response Scale for Eating Disorders

(RRS-ED)

Research Group
CBPI
Contacts Cristiana de Campos Marques

TITLE OF THE PORTUGUESE VERSION

Escala de Respostas Ruminativas para Perturbações Alimentares

ORIGINAL VERSION

Cowdrey, F. A., & Park, R. J. (2011)

PORTUGUESE VERSION

Marques, C. C., Castilho, P., Pereira, A. T., Goss, K., Castelo-Branco, M., & Macedo, A. (2024)

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

The RRS-ED is a 9-item scale that measures ruminative thought content specifically related to eating disorder themes, using a 4-point Likert scale (higher scores indicate higher levels of rumination). The factor structure of the Portuguese version of the RRS-ED showed initial evidence supporting the use of a total score of RRS-ED as an overall measure of rumination. Furthermore, the RRS-ED demonstrates measurement invariance across sex.

REFERENCES

  • Marques, C. C., Castilho, P., Pereira, A. T., Goss, K., Castelo-Branco, M., & Macedo, A. (2024). Ruminative response scale for eating disorders: Bifactor model and measurement invariance in a Portuguese community sample. Eating disorders, 32(1), 60–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2023.2259676

  • Cowdrey, F. A., & Park, R. J. (2011). Assessing rumination in eating disorders: Principal component analysis of a minimally modified ruminative response scale. Eating Behaviors, 12(4), 321–324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2011.08.001

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