• Stephanie W Lee, Sunita M Stewart, Ruth H Striegel-Moore, Sing Lee, Sai-yin Ho, Peter W H Lee, Melanie A Katzman, and Tai-hing Lam.
• Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
• Int J Eat Disord. 2007 Sep 1; 40 (6): 569-74.

ObjectiveWe examined the psychometric properties of the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale (EDDS) in a community sample of Hong Kong school children.MethodParticipants (359 boys and 387 girls), aged 12 to 19 years, were assessed on the EDDS on two occasions, one month apart. Factor structure, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and validity against the Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) were investigated.ResultsFour groupings emerged on exploratory factor analysis: body dissatisfaction, bingeing behaviors, bingeing frequency, and frequency of compensatory behaviors. Items loaded on the same factors for boys and girls. Internal consistency for these factors was acceptable. Test-retest reliability was high for body dissatisfaction factor but weak to moderate for other factors and for diagnoses. High concurrent validity with the EDE-Q, and correlation with the CES-D was shown.ConclusionWe offer preliminary reliability and validity evidence to support the further development of the EDDS as a screening instrument to assess eating disturbances in Hong Kong youth.(c) 2007 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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