Eating disorder examination-questionnaire: Psychometric properties of the German version

The Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q; Fairburn & Beglin, 1994) is the self-report version of the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE), a semistructured. eating disorders interview. The EDE-Q allows for assessment of the specific eating disorder psychopathology on the four subsales of restraint, eating concern, weight concern, and shape concern. The present study provides a test-statistic evaluation of the German version of the EDE-Q. In samples with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, atypical eating disorders, and nonclinical, subclinical, and psychiatric comparison groups (N = 706), the EDE-Q was highly consistent internally and stable. The factorial structure of the EDE-Q was partially confirmed. All EDE-Q measures were significantly correlated with those of the EDE, but; as expected, were usually slightly higher. Further support for the convergent validity was provided through significant correlations with other eating disorder questionnaires. The EDE-Q discriminated between groups and was sensitive to change through therapeutic intervention and prevention.