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The eating disorder examination-questionnaire 8

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop, evaluate, and standardize a short form of the well-established Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q). The newly developed EDE-Q8 was required to reflect the originally postulated structure of the EDE-Q.
Method: Data were drawn from two nationwide representative population surveys in Germany: a survey conducted to develop the EDE-Q8 in 2009 (N = 2520); and a survey conducted in 2013 (N = 2508) for the evaluation and calculation of EDE-Q8 percentiles.
Results: The EDE-Q8 had excellent item characteristics, very good reliability and a very good model fit for the postulated second-order factorial structure. Furthermore, a strong correlation between the EDE-Q8 and a 13 item short form of the Eating Attitudes Test was observed.
Discussion: The EDE-Q8 appears to be particularly suitable in epidemiological research, when an economical assessment of global eating disorder psychopathology is required.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-221951
Date22 March 2017
CreatorsKliem, Sören, Mößle, Thomas, Zenger, Markus, Strauß, Bernhard, Brähler, Elmar, Hilbert, Anja
ContributorsKriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen,, Universität Leipzig, Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, Fakultät Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universität Leipzig, IFB AdipositasErkrankungen, Universität Leipzig, IFB AdipositasErkrankungen
PublisherUniversitätsbibliothek Leipzig
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:article
Formatapplication/pdf
SourceInternational Journal of Eating Disorders (2015) 49, 6, S. 613-616

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