Rethinking Constructs on Eating Disorders Measures: Disordered Attitudes and Behaviours Vary By Gender in a Canadian Community Sample

Psychometrics of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire were examined among 753 community females and 563 males aged 15 to 71. Confirmatory analyses were not supported, whereas exploratory analyses revealed varying disordered eating patterns by gender, implicating caution should be used of this commonly used measure.