Reflections on Using the Eating Disorders Examination to Assess Eating Disorder Pathology in Queer Men.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Queer men face potent appearance-related pressures that exacerbate their eating disorder risk. While the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) is a widely used eating disorder assessment, queer men may experience unique motivations for disordered eating that may impact its administration in this population. To generate practical guidance for clinicians and researchers using the EDE, we qualitatively examined reflections from interviewers who administered the EDE to queer men.

Method

Thirteen provisionally or generally registered psychologists administered the EDE to 179 queer men (M _age = 39.52, 84.36% with an eating disorder diagnosis, 87.15% identifying as gay) to assess their eligibility for a clinical trial of an eating disorder's intervention in Austral

SUBMITTER: Austen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12605624 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature