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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychopathol Clin Sci. 2022 Jul 28;131(7):769–779. doi: 10.1037/abn0000758

Table 1.

Individual Scales/Scores in each Disordered Eating Symptom Category

Category Between-Person Analyses Within-Person Analyses
Global disordered eating MEBS total score
DEQ total score
EDEQ total score
Binge eating Continuous:
MEBS binge eating
DEBQ emotional eating
OBEs – proportion of days with OBE
EDEQ SBEs – proportion of days with SBE

Categorical:
OBEs – odds of OBEs during study EDEQ SBEs – odds of SBE during study
Continuous:
DEBQ emotional eating

Categorical:
OBEs – odds of OBEs on that day
Weight/shape concerns MEBS body dissatisfaction
MEBS weight preoccupation
EDEQ weight concerns
EDEQ shape concerns
EDEQ weight concerns EDEQ
shape concerns
Daily MEBS weight preoccupation
Dieting and restraint Continuous:
EDEQ restraint
Dieting – proportion of days dieted

Categorical:
Dieting – odds dieted during study
Continuous:
EDEQ restraint

Categorical:
Dieting – odds of dieting on that day
     
Compensatory behaviors Continuous:
MEBS compensatory behaviors
EDEQ fasting – proportion of days with fasting
EDEQ excessive exercise – proportion of days with exercise
Categorical:
EDEQ fasting – odds of fasting during study EDEQ excessive exercise – odds of exercise during study
EDEQ purging – odds of self-induced vomiting, diuretic use, or laxative use during study
Continuous:
None
Categorical:
None
Hunger Hunger VAS Hunger VAS
Liking/wanting of palatable food (PF) Liking/wanting carbohydrates
Liking/wanting sweets
Liking/wanting fast food
Combined PF category of liking/wanting all three
Liking/wanting carbohydrates
Liking/wanting sweets
Liking/wanting fast food
Combined PF category of liking/wanting all three
Liking/wanting of whole foods Liking/wanting whole foods Liking/wanting whole foods

Note. DEBQ = Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire; EDEQ = Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire; VAS = visual analogue scale; MEBS = Minnesota Eating Behavior Survey; OBE = objective binge eating; SBE = subjective binge eating. For detailed descriptions of specifications for each category, see Table S1 in Supplemental Material.