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Clinical: specific disorders

Eating Disorder Inventory-3.

EDI-3

What it measures
Eating-disorder symptoms + associated psychological traits; 12 primary scales (3 eating-specific: Drive for Thinness, Bulimia, Body Dissatisfaction; 9 general: Low Self-Esteem, Personal Alienation, Interpersonal Insecurity, Interpersonal Alienation, Interoceptive Deficits, Emotional Dysregulation, Perfectionism, Asceticism, Maturity Fears) + 6 composites
Length and format
91 items. 6-point frequency (always-never), 0-4 scoring; yields 12 scale + 6 composite scores (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
20+ languages incl. ES, DE, IT, PT, FR, SV, ZH, JA, NL; cross-cultural validations (e.g. Chilean, Chinese)
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - commercial

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Reference
Garner, D. M. (2004). Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3): Professional Manual. Lutz, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.

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