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Gender-based differential item functioning in measures of eating pathology.

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Abstract
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Eating disorder (ED) symptoms are common and impairing in males, despite their perception as "female" disorders. As existing self-report symptom measures were developed and primarily validated in women, there is a need to establish the utility of these measures in men. The present study used differential item functioning (DIF) analyses to explore whether item endorsement differed by gender for three commonly used ED symptom measures.

Year of Publication
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2019
Journal
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The International journal of eating disorders
Volume
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52
Issue
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9
Number of Pages
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1047-1051
ISSN Number
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0276-3478
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23126
DOI
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10.1002/eat.23126
Short Title
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Int J Eat Disord
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