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Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE‐Q): Norms for Undergraduate Japanese Women
Author(s) -
Nakai Yoshikatsu,
Nin Kazuko,
Fukushima Mitsuo,
Nakamura Konoyu,
Noma Shunichi,
Teramukai Satoshi,
Taniguchi Ataru,
Wonderlich Stephen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european eating disorders review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.511
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1099-0968
pISSN - 1072-4133
DOI - 10.1002/erv.2324
Subject(s) - normative , psychopathology , eating disorders , psychology , body mass index , clinical psychology , young adult , developmental psychology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , pathology
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. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders Association.