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ArticleJournal of eating disorders2023

Investigating the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q) among cisgender gay men and lesbian women from the United States.

Emilio J Compte, F Hunter McGuire, Tiffany A Brown, Jason M Lavender, Stuart B Murray, Matthew R Capriotti, Annesa Flentje, Micah E Lubensky, Mitchell R Lunn, Juno Obedin-Maliver and 1 more

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Article in Journal of eating disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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11 authors at 10 institutions in 3 countries.

Emilio J CompteEating Behavior Research Center, School of Psychology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, 2640 Diagonal Las Torres Avenue, Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile.
F Hunter McGuireThe Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA.
Tiffany A BrownDepartment of Psychological Sciences, Auburn University, 101 Cary Hall, Auburn, AL, 36849-5234, USA.
Jason M LavenderMilitary Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Program (MiCOR), Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA.
Stuart B MurrayDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
Matthew R CapriottiDepartment of Psychology, San José State University, 1 Washington Sq, San Jose, CA, 95192, USA.
Annesa FlentjeThe PRIDE Study/PRIDEnet, Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive Li Ka Shing Building, Stanford, CA, 94305-5101, USA.
Micah E LubenskyThe PRIDE Study/PRIDEnet, Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive Li Ka Shing Building, Stanford, CA, 94305-5101, USA.
Mitchell R LunnThe PRIDE Study/PRIDEnet, Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive Li Ka Shing Building, Stanford, CA, 94305-5101, USA.
Juno Obedin-Maliver *The PRIDE Study/PRIDEnet, Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive Li Ka Shing Building, Stanford, CA, 94305-5101, USA.
Jason M Nagata *Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th Street, 4th Floor, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA. jason.nagata@ucsf.edu.
University of California, San Francisco · USAdolfo Ibáñez University · CLAuburn University · USPride Foundation · USSan Jose State University · USStanford University · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USUnity Health System · USUniversity of Southern California · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

GWB MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH TRAININGT32MH019960 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Leopoldo J Cabassa, Byron James Powell · 1995 to 2026
$11.1M
NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019960
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlthough the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is one of the most widely used self-report assessments of eating disorder symptoms, evidence indicates potential limitations with its original factor structure and associated psychometric properties in a variety of populations, including sexual minority populations. The aims of the current investigation were to explore several previously published EDE-Q factor structures and to examine internal consistency and measurement invariance of the best-fitting EDE-Q model in a large community sample of cisgender gay men and cisgender lesbian women.

methodsData were drawn from 1624 adults (1060 cisgender gay men, 564 cisgender lesbian women) who participated in The PRIDE Study, a large-scale longitudinal cohort study of sexual and gender minorities from the United States. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were conducted to explore the fit of eight proposed EDE-Q models; internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas, Omega coefficients) and measurement invariance (multi-group CFA) were subsequently evaluated.

resultsA brief seven-item, three-factor (dietary restraint, shape/weight overvaluation, body dissatisfaction) model of the EDE-Q from Grilo et al. (Obes Surg. 23:657-662, 2013), consistently evidenced the best fit across cisgender gay men and lesbian women. The internal consistencies of the three subscales were adequate in both groups, and measurement invariance across the groups was supported.

conclusionsTaken together, these findings support the use of the seven-item, three-factor version of the EDE-Q for assessing eating disorder symptomatology in cisgender gay men and lesbian women. Future studies can confirm the current findings in focused examinations of the seven-item, three-factor EDE-Q in diverse sexual minority samples across race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and age ranges.

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AssessmentEating disorder examination-questionnaireEating disordersGender minorityLGBTQ+Non-binarySexual and gender minorityTransfeminineTransgenderTransmasculine

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