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The Minnesota Eating Behavior Survey: A brief measure of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors

This article describes details of the development and psychometric characteristics of a brief self-report inventory for assessing attitudes and behaviors symptomatic of eating disorders that is currently in use in a longitudinal study of over 700 families with 11-year-old or 17-year-old twin girls....

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Published in:Eating behaviors : an international journal 2005-12, Vol.6 (4), p.373-392
Main Authors: von Ranson, Kristin M., Klump, Kelly L., Iacono, William G., McGue, Matt
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Language:English
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Summary:This article describes details of the development and psychometric characteristics of a brief self-report inventory for assessing attitudes and behaviors symptomatic of eating disorders that is currently in use in a longitudinal study of over 700 families with 11-year-old or 17-year-old twin girls. The Minnesota Eating Behavior Survey (MEBS), formerly the Minnesota Eating Disorder Inventory, is a 30-item measure developed for use with children as young as 10 years as well as adults. An examination of the MEBS's psychometric properties in a large, community sample of girls, women, and men demonstrated good factor congruence, internal consistency reliability, three-year stability, as well as evidence of concurrent and criterion validity. This questionnaire has promise as a screening and assessment measure for eating disturbance in cross-sectional and longitudinal research involving individuals of a wide range of ages.
ISSN:1471-0153
1873-7358
DOI:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.12.002