Definition
A self-report questionnaire is an assessment that allows individuals to read questions and select responses without assistance or involvement from clinical or research staff. These questionnaires can comprise various formats, including rating scales, opened or closed questions, or fixed choice responses. The Eating Disorder Questionnaire (EDQ) is a self-report questionnaire designed to assess demographics, eating-related psychopathology, and psychiatric, social, and medical history.
Introduction
The Eating Disorder Questionnaire (EDQ) was originally designed and used by researchers in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota (Mitchell et al. 1985) to gather information from patients presenting for eating disorder treatment. The EDQ is designed to be a relatively comprehensive self-report questionnaire, assessing demographics, eating-related psychopathology, and...
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Crow, S. J., Peterson, C. B., Swanson, S. A., Raymond, N. C., Specker, S., Eckert, E. D., & Mitchell, J. E. (2009). Increased mortality in bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 166(12), 1342–1346.
Eddy, K. T., Crosby, R. D., Keel, P. K., Wonderlich, S. A., le Grange, D., Hill, L., Powers, P., & Mitchell, J. E. (2009). Empirical identification and validation of eating disorder phenotypes in a multisite clinical sample. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 197(1), 41–49.
Goldschmidt, A. B., Le Grange, D., Powers, P., Crow, S. J., Hill, L. L., Peterson, C. B., Crosby, R. D., & Mitchell, J. E. (2011). Eating disorder symptomatology in normal-weight vs. obese individuals with binge eating disorder. Obesity, 19, 1515–1518.
Keel, P. K., Crow, S., Davis, T. L., & Mitchell, J. E. (2002). Assessment of eating disorders: Comparison of interview and questionnaire data from a long-term follow-up study of bulimia nervosa. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53(5), 1043–1047.
Mitchell, J. E., Hatsukami, D., Eckert, E., & Pyle, R. (1985). Eating disorders questionnaire. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 21, 1025–1043.
Mitchell, J. E., Pyle, R. L., Hatsukami, D., Goff, G., Glotter, D., & Harper, J. (1988). A 2–5 year follow-up of patients treated for bulimia. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 8, 157–165.
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Utzinger, L.M., Mitchell, J.E. (2016). Eating Disorder Questionnaire (EDQ). In: Wade, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Feeding and Eating Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-087-2_103-2
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