title: Eating disorder examination questionnaire (EDE-Q): norms for undergraduate Japanese women.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to provide normative data for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among undergraduate Japanese women and to compare these data to norms obtained from previous studies. Undergraduate Japanese women (n = 289), aged 18-24 years, were administered the EDE-Q. The mean global score in the present study was 1.55 (SD = 1.03). Japanese women reported significantly higher scores of shape concern and weight concern in spite of lower body mass index but a significantly lower score of restraint, compared with women in other normative studies. There were significant differences with respect to the occurrence of some specific eating disorder behaviours between Japanese women and women in the previous studies. Differences in normative data for the EDE-Q between young Japanese women and young women in the previous studies suggest that there may be certain cultural differences in eating disorder psychopathology.
authors.affiliation: Kyoto Institute of Health Sciences, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakai
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nin
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Konoyu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noma
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teramukai
authors.forename: Ataru
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wonderlich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011599:Psychopathology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: EDE-Q; Japan; norms; undergraduate women