Measures
Eating Disorder Examination- Questionnaire (EDE-Q )
The EDE-Q (6.0; Fairburn, 2008) is a 28-item self-report measure that
identifies attitudes and behaviors associated with eating pathology.
Twenty-two items comprise four subscales: Restraint, Eating Concern,
Weight Concern, and Shape Concern. The EDE-Q also contains a total
Global score intended to reflect overall symptom severity. Higher scores
on the global scale and subscales indicate more problematic eating
behaviors and attitudes. Of the 28 items, 6 items measure behavioral
frequencies of maladaptive eating behaviors over the past 28 days. The
EDE-Q has demonstrated adequate reliability and validity in non-clinical
samples (Luce & Crowther, 1999; Mond et al., 2004).