The Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test, Drive for Muscularity Scale, and Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory among Chinese Men: Confirmatory Factor Analyses

Jinbo He, Stuart Murray, Emilio J. Compte, Jianwen Song and Jason M. Nagata
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Jinbo He: School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China
Stuart Murray: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Emilio J. Compte: Eating Behavior Research Center, School of Psychology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago 7941169, Chile
Jianwen Song: School of Humanities and Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China
Jason M. Nagata: Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-14

Abstract: Research on eating disorders (EDs) and body image disturbances has focused mostly on females from Western countries, and little is known about EDs in male populations in China, which is partially due to the lack of validated assessment measures. The current work aims to translate the Muscularity-Oriented Eating Test (MOET), Drive for Muscularity Scale (DMS) and Muscle Dysmorphic Disorder Inventory (MDDI) into Chinese and examine their psychometric properties. The factor structures, reliability and validity of the translated scales were examined with two samples: male university students ( n = 295, M ag e = 18.92 years) and general adult men ( n = 406, M age = 28.53 years). With confirmatory factor analyses, the original factor structures are replicated for the MOET, DMS and MDDI. The results also support the adequate internal consistency for both samples. Strong evidence of convergent and incremental validity for the three measures is also found in both samples. Overall, the three measures prove to be good instruments for use among Chinese male university students and general adult men.

Keywords: disordered eating; muscularity; validation; psychometric properties; Chinese (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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