title: Eating disorder examination: Factor structure and norms in a clinical female pediatric eating disorder sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The factor structure of the eating disorder examination (EDE) has never been tested in a clinical pediatric sample, and no normative data exist.
  
  
  METHODS
  The factor structure of an adapted EDE was examined in a clinical sample of 665 females aged 9-17 years with anorexia nervosa spectrum (70%), bulimia nervosa spectrum (12%), purging disorder (3%), and unspecified feeding and eating disorders (15%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The original four-factor model was a good fit in a confirmatory factor analysis as well a higher order model with three dimensions of restraint, eating concern, and combined weight concern/shape concern. Normative data are reported for clinicians to identify the percentiles in which their patients' score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings support dimensions of restraint, eating concern, weight concern, and shape concern in a clinical pediatric sample. This supports the factorial validity of the EDE, and the norms may assist clinicians to evaluate symptoms in females under 18 years.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.|Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA.|School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Hunna J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Program, Specialized Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Kimberley J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hoiles
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Rebecca A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Program, Specialized Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Program, Specialized Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Chloe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.affiliation: Eating Disorders Program, Specialized Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCormack
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D019959:Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: HOPE project; adolescent; child; eating disorder examination; eating disorders; factor analysis; norms