Male clinical norms and sex differences on the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI) and Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evidence indicates that males account for a significant minority of patients with eating disorders (EDs). However, prior research has been limited by inclusion of small and predominantly non-clinical samples of males. This study aimed to (1) provide male clinical norms for widely used ED measures (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire [EDE-Q] and Eating Disorder Inventory-3 [EDI-3]) and (2) examine sex differences in overall ED psychopathology.

Method

Participants were 386 male and 1,487 female patients with an ED diagnosis aged 16 years and older who completed the EDE-Q and EDI-3 upon admission to a residential or partial hospital ED treatment program.

Results

Normative data were calculated for the EDE-Q (global and subscales) and the EDI-3 (drive for t

SUBMITTER: Smith KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5741972 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature