---
_id: '13619'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Objective\r\nEating disorders (EDs) increasingly emerge as a health risk
    in men, but there is concern that men's symptoms go unnoticed due to stereotypical
    perceptions and gender-related differences in symptom presentation. Novel assessments
    focused particularly on attitudes and behaviours towards increasing muscle size
    and definition. Using network analysis, this study aimed to corroborate and extend
    previous findings on disordered eating presentation in men by examining the role
    of muscularity concerns among an extended range of disordered eating symptoms.\r\nMethod\r\nN
    = 294 adult men (18 years or older) completed muscularity-related and disordered
    eating assessments, among which we included assessments for orthorexic eating
    and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder for the first time. We selected
    symptoms empirically, estimated a regularised network, identified symptom communities,
    evaluated network loadings and bridge centrality estimates, and compared network
    structures between different groups of participants.\r\nResults\r\nWe identified
    five symptom communities related to muscularity-related concerns, features of
    core ED psychopathology, and selective eating. Symptoms regarding ruminating about
    healthy eating, guilt for unhealthy eating, weight overvaluation, concerns about
    muscularity, and selective eating emerged as highly central.\r\nDiscussion\r\nThe
    results largely corroborate previous observations but suggest that muscle-building
    behaviours are part of a broader cluster of male body shaping and rule-based dieting
    behaviours.\r\n"
author:
- first_name: R. Leopold
  full_name: Eschrich, R. Leopold
  last_name: Eschrich
- first_name: Georg
  full_name: Halbeisen, Georg
  id: '85780'
  last_name: Halbeisen
  orcid: 0000-0002-9529-2215
- first_name: Sabine
  full_name: Steins‐Loeber, Sabine
  last_name: Steins‐Loeber
- first_name: Nina
  full_name: Timmesfeld, Nina
  last_name: Timmesfeld
- first_name: Georgios
  full_name: Paslakis, Georgios
  last_name: Paslakis
citation:
  ama: 'Eschrich RL, Halbeisen G, Steins‐Loeber S, Timmesfeld N, Paslakis G. Investigating
    the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network analysis.
    <i>  European eating disorders review : the professional journal of the Eating
    Disorders Association</i>. 2024;33(1):80-94. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131">10.1002/erv.3131</a>'
  apa: 'Eschrich, R. L., Halbeisen, G., Steins‐Loeber, S., Timmesfeld, N., &#38; Paslakis,
    G. (2024). Investigating the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult
    men: A network analysis. <i>  European Eating Disorders Review : The Professional
    Journal of the Eating Disorders Association</i>, <i>33</i>(1), 80–94. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131">https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131</a>'
  bjps: '<b>Eschrich RL <i>et al.</i></b> (2024) Investigating the Structure of Disordered
    Eating Symptoms in Adult Men: A Network Analysis. <i>  European eating disorders
    review : the professional journal of the Eating Disorders Association</i> <b>33</b>,
    80–94.'
  chicago: 'Eschrich, R. Leopold, Georg Halbeisen, Sabine Steins‐Loeber, Nina Timmesfeld,
    and Georgios Paslakis. “Investigating the Structure of Disordered Eating Symptoms
    in Adult Men: A Network Analysis.” <i>  European Eating Disorders Review : The
    Professional Journal of the Eating Disorders Association</i> 33, no. 1 (2024):
    80–94. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131">https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Eschrich, R. Leopold, Georg Halbeisen, Sabine Steins‐Loeber, Nina Timmesfeld
    und Georgios Paslakis. 2024. Investigating the structure of disordered eating
    symptoms in adult men: A network analysis. <i>  European eating disorders review :
    the professional journal of the Eating Disorders Association</i> 33, Nr. 1: 80–94.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131">10.1002/erv.3131</a>, .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Eschrich, R. Leopold</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Halbeisen, Georg</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Steins‐Loeber,
    Sabine</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Timmesfeld, Nina</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Paslakis, Georgios</span>: Investigating
    the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network analysis.
    In: <i>  European eating disorders review : the professional journal of the Eating
    Disorders Association</i> Bd. 33. Chichester, Wiley (2024), Nr. 1, S. 80–94'
  havard: 'R.L. Eschrich, G. Halbeisen, S. Steins‐Loeber, N. Timmesfeld, G. Paslakis,
    Investigating the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network
    analysis,   European Eating Disorders Review : The Professional Journal of the
    Eating Disorders Association. 33 (2024) 80–94.'
  ieee: 'R. L. Eschrich, G. Halbeisen, S. Steins‐Loeber, N. Timmesfeld, and G. Paslakis,
    “Investigating the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network
    analysis,” <i>  European eating disorders review : the professional journal of
    the Eating Disorders Association</i>, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 80–94, 2024, doi: <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131">10.1002/erv.3131</a>.'
  mla: 'Eschrich, R. Leopold, et al. “Investigating the Structure of Disordered Eating
    Symptoms in Adult Men: A Network Analysis.” <i>  European Eating Disorders Review :
    The Professional Journal of the Eating Disorders Association</i>, vol. 33, no.
    1, 2024, pp. 80–94, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131">https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3131</a>.'
  short: 'R.L. Eschrich, G. Halbeisen, S. Steins‐Loeber, N. Timmesfeld, G. Paslakis,
      European Eating Disorders Review : The Professional Journal of the Eating Disorders
    Association 33 (2024) 80–94.'
  ufg: '<b>Eschrich, R. Leopold u. a.</b>: Investigating the structure of disordered
    eating symptoms in adult men: A network analysis, in: <i>  European eating disorders
    review : the professional journal of the Eating Disorders Association</i> 33 (2024),
    H. 1,  S. 80–94.'
  van: 'Eschrich RL, Halbeisen G, Steins‐Loeber S, Timmesfeld N, Paslakis G. Investigating
    the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network analysis.
      European eating disorders review : the professional journal of the Eating Disorders
    Association. 2024;33(1):80–94.'
date_created: 2026-03-25T14:41:29Z
date_updated: 2026-03-25T15:13:01Z
department:
- _id: DEP1500
doi: 10.1002/erv.3131
intvolume: '        33'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- drive for muscularity
- eating disorders
- men
- psychotherapy
- thinness ideal
language:
- iso: eng
page: 80-94
place: Chichester
publication: '  European eating disorders review : the professional journal of the
  Eating Disorders Association'
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1099-0968
  issn:
  - 1072-4133
  - 1067-1633
publication_status: published
publisher: Wiley
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Investigating the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A
  network analysis'
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 33
year: '2024'
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