ArticleEating behaviors2021
Validation of the factor structure of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory in an international sample of sexual minority men.
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- Greater Intraminority Stressors Predict Body Dissatisfaction, Cognitive Restraint, and More Muscle Building One Month Later in Sexual Minoritized Men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Associations between sexual minority and intraminority stressors and thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances in sexual minoritized men: Variable-centered, person-centered, and network analyses.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Moral emotions in motion: a cross-sectional study of shame, guilt, and disordered eating in UK university athletes.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Greater Body Dissatisfaction at Admission Is Associated With Lower BMI at Discharge in Anorexia Nervosa: Predictive Validity of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Validation of the Brief Assessment of Stress and Eating (BASE) in cisgender gay men and lesbian women.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Factor Structure, Internal Consistency, and Measurement Invariance of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Adults.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Intraminority stress, body image, and community connectedness: associations with disordered eating among sexual minority men.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Factor structure, internal consistency, and measurement invariance of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) in a national U.S. sample of cisgender gay men and lesbian women.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Psychometric properties of the German version of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Community norms of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) in cisgender sexual minority adults.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Article
- Exploring the structural and construct validity of the Brazilian version of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2025Article
- Cognitive restraint and body dissatisfaction are more strongly related to muscle building behaviors for men than women.Eating behaviors · 2025Article
- The Body Advocacy Movement-Health: a pilot randomized trial of a novel intervention targeting weight stigma among health professional students.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Validation of the eating pathology symptoms inventory (EPSI) in Swedish adolescents.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Internalization of muscularity and thinness ideals: Associations with body dissatisfaction, eating disorder symptoms, and muscle dysmorphic symptoms in at risk sexual minority men.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
Sexual minority individuals are at greater risk for the development of eating-disorder (ED) psychopathology. Despite the importance of understanding ED symptoms in sexual minority men, most ED measures were developed and validated in heterosexual, young adult, white women. The psychometric properties of ED measures in diverse populations remain largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to test: 1) whether the eight-factor structure of the Eating Pathology Symptoms Inventory (EPSI) replicated in sexual minority men and 2) group-level mean differences between gay and bisexual men on the eight EPSI scales. International participants (N = 722 sexual minority men from 20 countries) were recruited via the Grindr smartphone application. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was completed using a weighted least square mean and variance adjusted estimator. Group differences in eating pathology between gay and bisexual men were tested using independent samples t-tests. The CFA model fit was good on all fit indices (CFI/TLI > 0.90, RMSEA < 0.06). Gay and bisexual men only differed on the EPSI Binge Eating scale. The results of this investigation suggest that the EPSI may be a useful tool for understanding eating pathology in this population. Using psychometrically sound assessment tools for sexual minority men is a vital piece of treatment planning and clinical decision making. The current study fills an important gap in the clinical and research literature by testing the validity and psychometric properties of a commonly used ED measure in sexual minority men.
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