Sören Kliem1, Thomas Mößle1, Markus Zenger2,3, Bernhard Strauß4, Elmar Brähler2,5, Anja Hilbert2,6. 1. Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony, Hanover, Germany. 2. Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. 3. Department of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg and Stendal, Stendal, Germany. 4. Institute of Psychosocial Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany. 5. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany. 6. Integrated Research and Treatment Center Adiposity Diseases, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Abstract
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 = 2,520); and a survey conducted in 2013 (N = 2,508) 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.
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 = 2,520); and a survey conducted in 2013 (N = 2,508) 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.
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