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Psychometric Evaluation of the Eating Disorder Examination Adapted for Children

Andrea S. HartmannJulia CzajaArne BuergerKristina SpennerPetra WarschburgerAnja Hilbert

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medicine.medical_specialtyPsychometricsdigestive oral and skin physiologyOverweightmedicine.diseaseAnorexia nervosaObesityPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyEating disordersBinge-eating disordermedicineNormativemedicine.symptomPsychiatryPsychologyPsychopathologyClinical psychology

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The Eating Disorder Examination adapted for children (ChEDE) is the child version of the semi-structured gold standard eating disorder interview for adults. This study was a comprehensive test statistic evaluation of the German ChEDE in a large sample of children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder, loss of control eating, overweight and obesity, as well as non-eating-disordered and chronically ill control probands (n = 352). Excellent inter-rater reliability, adequate internal consistency and satisfactory stability of ChEDE indicators were demonstrated. ChEDE indicators discriminated between diverse forms of eating and weight disturbances and normative eating and were significantly correlated with conceptually related measures. Factorial validity was not convincing; a brief eight-item scale showed the best fit. Item statistics were mostly acceptable. Overall, the ChEDE's German translation reliably and validly assesses psychopathology across the eating and weight disorder spectrum and facilitates international comparison of eating disorder research. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.

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2013-03-04European Eating Disorders Review
https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2221