Eating disorder examination questionnaire: Factor structure for adolescent girls and boys. Issue 1 (12th October 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: White, Hannah J.; Haycraft, Emma; Goodwin, Huw; Meyer, Caroline
• Is Part Of: International journal of eating disorders. Volume 47:Issue 1(2014:Jan.)
• Page Start: 99
• Page End: 104
• Publication Date: 2013-10-12
• Subjects: Appetite disorders -- Periodicals; Ingestion disorders -- Periodicals; Eating disorders -- Periodicals; 616.8526
• DOI: 10.1002/eat.22199
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0276-3478

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <sec id="eat22199-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Objective</title> <p>To examine the factor structure of the EDE‐Q among a sample of adolescents.</p> </sec> <sec id="eat22199-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Method</title> <p>A community‐based sample of 917 adolescents (522 girls and 395 boys) aged 14–18 years completed the EDE‐Q version 6.0 as part of a larger study. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two subsamples to enable separate analyses.</p> </sec> <sec id="eat22199-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>A confirmatory factor analysis on the original four factor model of the EDE‐Q produced an inadmissible model with a poor fit. Exploratory factor analysis using principal axis factoring produced an alternative three factor model of the EDE‐Q among adolescents. The <italic>Shape and Weight Concerns, Restriction</italic> and <italic>Preoccupation and Eating Concern</italic> subscales accounted for 65% of the total variance. Subscale and global scores were significantly higher for girls than for boys. A high proportion of both girls (53.6%) and boys (30.5%) reported participating in at least one key eating disordered behaviour during the previous 28 days.</p> </sec> <sec id="eat22199-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Discussion</title> <p>The results of this study present three new subscales (<italic>Shape and Weight Concerns, Restriction</italic> and <italic>Preoccupation and Eating Concern</italic>) which are suggested for use in future research which uses the EDE‐Q with community samples of adolescents. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. (Int J Eat Disord 2014; 47:99–104)</p> </sec> </abstract>