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- Title
Eating Disorder Examination: Factor Structure and Norms in a Clinical Female Pediatric Eating Disorder Sample.
- Authors
O'Brien, Amy; Watson, Hunna J.; Hoiles, Kimberley J.; Egan, Sarah J.; Anderson, Rebecca A.; Hamilton, Matthew J.; Shu, Chloe; McCormack, Julie
- Abstract
Objective: The factor structure of the eating disorder examination (EDE) has never been tested in a clinical pediatric sample, and no normative data exist. Method: The factor structure of an adapted EDE was examined in a clinical sample of 665 females aged 9-17 years with anorexia nervosa spectrum (70%), bulimia nervosa spectrum (12%), purging disorder (3%), and unspecified feeding and eating disorders (15%). Results: The original four-factor model was a good fit in a confirmatory factor analysis as well a higher order model with three dimensions of restraint, eating concern, and combined weight concern/ shape concern. Normative data are reported for clinicians to identify the percentiles in which their patients' score. Discussion: The findings support dimensions of restraint, eating concern, weight concern, and shape concern in a clinical pediatric sample. This supports the factorial validity of the EDE, and the norms may assist clinicians to evaluate symptoms in females under 18 years.
- Subjects
QUESTIONNAIRES; ANOREXIA nervosa; BODY image in children; BULIMIA; CONFIDENCE intervals; REPORTING of diseases; FACTOR analysis; FOOD habits; GOODNESS-of-fit tests; RESEARCH methodology; CLASSIFICATION of mental disorders; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH funding; BODY mass index; INTER-observer reliability; RESEARCH methodology evaluation
- Publication
International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2016, Vol 49, Issue 1, p107
- ISSN
0276-3478
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eat.22478