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The compulsive exercise test: confirmatory factor analysis and links with eating psychopathology among women with clinical eating disorders
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posted on 2016-09-15, 13:48 authored by Caroline Meyer, Carolyn PlateauCarolyn Plateau, Lorin Taranis, Nicola Brewin, Jackie Wales, Jon ArcelusBackground: This study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Compulsive Exercise Test (CET)
among an adult sample of patients with eating disorders.
Method: Three hundred and fifty six patients and 360 non-clinical control women completed the CET and the
Eating Disorders Examination questionnaire (EDE-Q).
Results: A confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the clinical data showed a moderate fit to the previously
published five factor model derived from a community sample (Taranis L, Touyz S, Meyer C, Eur Eat Disord Rev 19:
256-268, 2011). The clinical group scored significantly higher than the non-clinical group on four of the five CET
subscales, and logistic regression analysis revealed that the CET could successfully discriminate between the two
groups. A Receiver Operating Curve analysis revealed that a cut-off score of 15 on the CET resulted in acceptable
values of both sensitivity and specificity.
Conclusions: The CET appears to have a factor structure that is acceptable for use with an adult sample of patients
with eating disorders. It can identify compulsive exercise among patients with eating disorders and a cut-off score of
15 is acceptable as indicating an appropriate cut-off point.
Funding
This research was funded by Loughborough University.
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Journal of Eating DisordersVolume
4Citation
MEYER, C. ... et al., 2016. The compulsive exercise test: confirmatory factor analysis and links with eating psychopathology among women with clinical eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders, 4:22 DOI: 10.1186/s40337-016-0113-3Publisher
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