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Reliability and validity of the child version of the eating disorder examination: A preliminary investigation
Author(s) -
Watkins Beth,
Frampton Ian,
Lask Bryan,
BryantWaugh Rachel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/eat.20165
Subject(s) - psychology , anorexia nervosa , psychopathology , bulimia nervosa , inter rater reliability , eating disorders , clinical psychology , internal consistency , psychometrics , psychiatry , developmental psychology , rating scale
Abstract Objective The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) is a reliable and valid semistructured interview that measures the specific psychopathology of anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa. The current study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of the child adaptation of the EDE (ChEDE 12.0). Method The ChEDE was administered to 15 children with AN, 15 children with other clinical eating disturbances, and two groups of 15 age‐matched controls. The groups were compared using a two‐sample matched groups design. Results Alpha coefficients for each of the ChEDE subscales indicated a high degree of internal consistency, and interrater reliability was found to be high ( r = .91 to r = 1.00). The subscale scores of the AN group were significantly higher than those of the other groups, whereas the other eating disturbance group did not differ from its control group. Discussion The ChEDE differentiates children with AN from children with other forms of clinical eating disturbance and control children. © 2005 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.