ArticleJournal of eating disorders2023
Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders.
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- Evaluating the muscularity-oriented eating test: Factor structure and psychometric properties among university athletes and across sexes.Eating behaviors · 2025Article
- The impact of masculinity and femininity on disordered eating symptoms and the mediating role of muscularity ideals.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Boys don't try? Gendered stigma specifically reduces help-seeking for disordered eating in men, but not women.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Validation of the Lithuanian eating disorder examination-questionnaire (EDE-Q) in a community sample of young adults.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Validation of the parent version of the eating disorder examination-questionnaire adapted for children in parent-child dyads with children with and without loss of control eating.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Investigating the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network analysis.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Invisible walls? Stigma-related perceptions are associated with reduced help-seeking intentions for disordered eating in men.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Exploring Gender Differences in Early Weight Change and Variability in Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa during Inpatient Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Eating Disorders in Men.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2024Review
- Postoperative Dumping Syndrome, Health-Related Quality of Life, Anxiety, Depression, and Eating Disturbances: Results of a Longitudinal Obesity Surgery Study.Obesity facts · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic and clinical features of men and women with eating disorders: a diagnosis-matched, retrospective comparison among inpatients.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious investigations on the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) factor structures in men have been restricted to non-clinical settings, limiting conclusions about the factorial validity in men with eating disorders (ED). This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the German EDE-Q in a clinical group of adult men with diagnosed ED.
methodsED symptoms were assessed using the validated German version of the EDE-Q. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using principal-axis factoring based on polychoric correlations was conducted for the full sample (N = 188) using Varimax-Rotation with Kaiser-Normalization.
resultsHorn's parallel analysis suggested a five-factor solution with an explained variance of 68%. The EFA factors were labeled "Restraint" (items 1, 3-6), "Body Dissatisfaction" (items 25-28), "Weight Concern" (items 10-12, 20), "Preoccupation" (items 7 and 8), and "Importance" (items 22 and 23). Items 2, 9, 19, 21, and 24 were excluded due to low communalities.
conclusionsFactors associated with body concerns and body dissatisfaction in adult men with ED are not fully represented in the EDE-Q. This could be due to differences in body ideals in men, e.g., the underestimation of the role of concerns about musculature. Consequently, it may be useful to apply the 17-item five-factor structure of the EDE-Q presented here to adult men with diagnosed ED.
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