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Community norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire among cisgender gay men
Author(s) -
Nagata Jason M.,
Capriotti Matthew R.,
Murray Stuart B.,
Compte Emilio J.,
Griffiths Scott,
BibbinsDomingo Kirsten,
ObedinMaliver Juno,
Flentje Annesa,
Lubensky Micah E.,
Lunn Mitchell R.
Publication year - 2020
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.2708
Subject(s) - psychology , pride , binge eating , overeating , sexual orientation , eating disorders , disordered eating , clinical psychology , medicine , obesity , social psychology , political science , law
Objective Prior norms of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE‐Q) among men have not considered sexual orientation. This study's objective was to assess EDE‐Q community norms among cisgender gay men. Method Participants were 978 self‐identified cisgender gay men from The PRIDE Study recruited in 2018. Results We present mean scores and standard deviations for the EDE‐Q among cisgender gay men ages 18–82. Among cisgender gay men, 4.0% scored in the clinically significant range on the global score, 5.7% on the restraint, 2.1% on the eating concern, 10.5% on the weight concern, and 21.4% on the shape concern subscales of the EDE‐Q. The global score as well as weight and shape concerns in a young adult subsample (18–26 years) from The PRIDE Study were higher than previously reported norms in young men (Lavender, 2010). Participants reported any occurrence (≥1/28 days) of dietary restraint (19.8%), objective binge episodes (10.9%), excessive exercise (10.1%), laxative misuse (1.1%), and self‐induced vomiting (0.6%). Binge eating, excessive exercise, and self‐induced vomiting in The PRIDE Study subsample were lower than previously reported in young men. Discussion We provide EDE‐Q norms among cisgender gay men, which should aid clinicians and researchers to interpret the EDE‐Q scores of cisgender gay men.