Evaluating the muscularity-oriented eating test: Factor structure and psychometric properties among university athletes and across sexes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test (MOET) was developed to measure muscularity-oriented eating pathology among young men; however, this construct is relevant across sexes and may be particularly applicable to athletes. Thus, this study sought to validate the MOET among male and female athletes and non-athletes.

Methods

Students (N = 2189) from three U.S. universities completed an online survey. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) testing two MOET versions (12-items, 15-items) were conducted in male and female athletes and non-athletes. Chi-squared tests and invariance analyses were used to evaluate the fit of each model across groups. Convergent validity of the MOET was assessed with Spearman correlation tests.

Results

A one-factor CFA displayed adequate fi

SUBMITTER: Hanss K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413867 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature