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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:15492 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Creators | Kliem, Sören, Mößle, Thomas, Zenger, Markus, Strauß, Bernhard, Brähler, Elmar, Hilbert, Anja |
| Contributors | Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen, Universität Leipzig, Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Universitätsmedizin Mainz |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Source | International Journal of Eating Disorders (2015) 49, 6, S. 613-616 |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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