Validation of the eating disorder diagnostic scale for use with Hong Kong adolescents

International Journal of Eating Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-574

  Lee, Stephanie W ^a   Stewart, Sunita M ^b   Striegel Moore, Ruth H ^c   Lee, Sing ^d   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Lee, Peter W H ^a   Katzman, Melanie A ^e   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; EDDS; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BODY DISSATISFACTION; BODY IMAGE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPENSATORY BEHAVIOR; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EATING DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS EXAMINATION QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CHILD; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548071398     PISSN: 02763478     EISSN: 1098108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eat.20413     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. World Health Organization. Nutrition. 2002. Accessed on Oct 12, 2006. Available at http://www.who.int/nut/obs/htm
2. Huon GF, Mingyi Q, Oliver K, Xiao G. A large-scale survey of eating disorder symptomatology among female adolescents in the People's Republic of China. Int J Eat Disord 2002;32:192.
3. Lee S, Lee AM. Disordered eating in three communities of China: A comparative study of female high school students in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Rural Hunan. Int J Eat Disord 2000;27:317.
4. Lee S, Leung T, Lee AM, Yu H, Leung CM. Body dissatisfaction among Chinese undergraduates and its implications for eating disorders in Hong Kong. Int J Eat Disord 1996;1:77.
5. Lee S, Lee AM. Disordered eating in three communities of China: A comparative study of female high school students in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and rural Hunan. Int J Eat Disord 1999;27:317-327.
6. Xie B, Chou CP, Spruijt-Metz D, Reynolds K, Clark F, Palmer PH, et al. Weight perception and weight-related sociocultural and behavioral factors in Chinese adolescents. Prev Med 2006;42:229-234.
7. Garner DM, Garfinkel PE. Eating Attitudes Test - Index of the symptoms of anorexia-nervosa. Psychol Med 1979;9:273.
8. Garner DM, Olmsted MP, Polivy J. Development and validation of a multidimensional eating disorder inventory for anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Int J Eat Disord 1983;2:15-34.
9. Lee S, Kwok K, Liau C, Leung T. Screening Chinese patients with eating disorders using the Eating Attitudes Test in Hong Kong. Int J Eat Disord 2002;32:91.
10. Leung F, Wang J, Tang CW. Psychometric properties and normative data of the Eating Disorder Inventory among 12 to 18 year old Chinese girls in Hong Kong. J Psychosom Res 2004;57:59.
11. Stice E, Fisher M, Martinez E. Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale: Additional evidence of reliability and validity. Psychol Assess 2004;16:60-71.
12. Stice E, Telch CF, Rizvi SL. Development and validation of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale: A brief self-report measure of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. Psychol Assess 2000;12:123-131.
13. Census and Statistical Department Hong Kong.Population by census: Main tables of the 2001 population census: summary statistics of constituency areas in Kwai Tsing District. 2001. Accessed on Nov 30, 2006; Available at http://www.censtatd.gov.hk/major_projects/2001_population_census/main_tables/ kwai_tsing_district/index.jsp
14. Fairburn CG, Beglin SJ. Assessment of eating disorders: Interview of self-report questionnaire? Int J Eat Disord 1994;16:363.
15. Cooper Z, Fairburn CG. The Eating Disorder Examination: A semi-structured interview for the assessment of the specific psychopathology of eating disorders. Int J Eat Disord 1987;6:1.
16. Mond J, Hay P, Rodgers B, Owen C. Self-recognition of disordered eating among women with bulimic-type eating disorders: A community-based study. Int J Eat Disord 2006;39:747-753.
17. Carter JC, Aime AA, Mills JS. Assessment of bulimia nervosa: A comparison of interview and self-report questionnaire methods. Int J Eat Disord 2001;30:187-192.
18. Lee S, Chan YY, Kwok K, Hsu LK. Relationship between the control and intermediate outcome of anorexia nervosa in Hong Kong. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2005;39:141-145.
19. Radloff LS. The use of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale in adolescents and young adults. J Youth Adolesc 1991;20:149-166.
20. Radloff LS. The CES-D Scale: A self-report depression scale for research in the general population. Appl Psych Meas 1991;1:385-401.
21. Cheung CK, Bagley C. Validating an American scale in Hong Kong: The Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). J Psychol Interdisciplinary Appl 1998;132:169-186.
22. Lam TH, Stewart SM, Leung GM, Lee PWH, Wong JPS. Depressive symptoms among Hong Kong adolescents: Relation to atypical sexual feelings and behaviors, gender dissatisfaction, pubertal timing, and family and peer relationships. Arch Sex Behav 2004;33:487-496.
23. Cronbach LJ. Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika 1951;16:297-334.
24. Leung SSF, Cole TJ, Tse LY, Lau JTF. Body mass index reference curves for Chinese children. Ann Hum Biol 1998;25:169-174.
25. Shrout P. Measurement reliability and agreement in psychiatry. Stat Methods Med Res 1998;7:301-317.
26. King MB, Bhugra D. Eating disorders: Lessons from a cross-cultural study. Psychol Med 1989;19:955-958.
27. Mumford DM, Whitehouse AM. Increased prevalence of bulimia nervosa among Asian schoolgirls. Br Med J 1988;297:718.
28. Nasser M. The validity of the Eating Attitude Test in a non-Western population. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1996;73:109-110.
29. Freund KM, Boss RD, Handleman EK, Smith AD. Secret patterns: Validation of a screening tool to detect bulimia. Womens Health Gend Based Med 1999;8:1281-1284.
30. Mond JM, Hay PJ, Rodgers B, Owen C, Beumont PJ. Temporal stability of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire. Int J Eat Disord 2004;36:195-203.
31. Cohane GH, Pope HG. Body image in boys: A review of the literature. Int J Eat Disord 2001;29:373.