[{"intvolume":"        33","citation":{"ieee":"V. Jürgensen, G. Halbeisen, M. S. Lehe, and G. Paslakis, “Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis,” <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i>, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 864–878, 2025, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192\">10.1002/erv.3192</a>.","van":"Jürgensen V, Halbeisen G, Lehe MS, Paslakis G. Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis. European Eating Disorders Review. 2025;33(5):864–78.","apa":"Jürgensen, V., Halbeisen, G., Lehe, M. S., &#38; Paslakis, G. (2025). Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis. <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i>, <i>33</i>(5), 864–878. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192\">https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192</a>","ama":"Jürgensen V, Halbeisen G, Lehe MS, Paslakis G. Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis. <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i>. 2025;33(5):864-878. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192\">10.1002/erv.3192</a>","ufg":"<b>Jürgensen, Vanessa u. a.</b>: Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis, in: <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i> 33 (2025), H. 5,  S. 864–878.","havard":"V. Jürgensen, G. Halbeisen, M.S. Lehe, G. Paslakis, Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis, European Eating Disorders Review. 33 (2025) 864–878.","bjps":"<b>Jürgensen V <i>et al.</i></b> (2025) Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis. <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i> <b>33</b>, 864–878.","chicago-de":"Jürgensen, Vanessa, Georg Halbeisen, Martin S. Lehe und Georgios Paslakis. 2025. Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis. <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i> 33, Nr. 5: 864–878. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192\">10.1002/erv.3192</a>, .","din1505-2-1":"<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Jürgensen, Vanessa</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Halbeisen, Georg</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Lehe, Martin S.</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Paslakis, Georgios</span>: Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis. In: <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i> Bd. 33. Chichester , Wiley (2025), Nr. 5, S. 864–878","mla":"Jürgensen, Vanessa, et al. “Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis.” <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i>, vol. 33, no. 5, 2025, pp. 864–78, <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192\">https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192</a>.","short":"V. Jürgensen, G. Halbeisen, M.S. Lehe, G. Paslakis, European Eating Disorders Review 33 (2025) 864–878.","chicago":"Jürgensen, Vanessa, Georg Halbeisen, Martin S. Lehe, and Georgios Paslakis. “Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis.” <i>European Eating Disorders Review</i> 33, no. 5 (2025): 864–78. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192\">https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.3192</a>."},"publisher":"Wiley","quality_controlled":"1","keyword":["body dysmorphia","drive for muscularity","eating disorders","psychotherapy","thinness ideal"],"title":"Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis","department":[{"_id":"DEP1500"}],"publication_identifier":{"issn":["1072-4133"],"eissn":["1099-0968"]},"publication_status":"published","issue":"5","doi":"10.1002/erv.3192","publication":"European Eating Disorders Review","status":"public","author":[{"full_name":"Jürgensen, Vanessa","last_name":"Jürgensen","first_name":"Vanessa"},{"last_name":"Halbeisen","id":"85780","full_name":"Halbeisen, Georg","orcid":"0000-0002-9529-2215","first_name":"Georg"},{"last_name":"Lehe","full_name":"Lehe, Martin S.","first_name":"Martin S."},{"first_name":"Georgios","last_name":"Paslakis","full_name":"Paslakis, Georgios"}],"place":"Chichester ","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"This study examined the role of muscularity concerns in eating disorder (ED) symptoms among a sample of women. We expanded on previous research by exploring a broader range of ED symptoms, including orthorexia (ON) and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Using network analysis, we analysed data from 308 adult women (18 years or older) who completed muscularity, disordered eating, and sociodemographic assessments. Our findings revealed five interconnected symptom communities reflecting traditional ED symptoms, such as eating concerns and shape and weight overvaluation. Notably, muscularity concerns emerged as a distinct community, emphasising their relevance to ED symptoms in women. Additionally, we identified selective eating tendencies and compulsive healthy eating. Highly central symptoms were rumination about healthy eating, fear and guilt over unhealthy eating, body‐related embarrassment, and muscularity concerns (wishing to be heavier, wishing for heavier arms). These results suggest that muscularity concerns could constitute a uniquely identifiable and central diagnostic target for body image concerns and disordered eating in women."}],"volume":33,"page":"864-878","_id":"13614","type":"scientific_journal_article","user_id":"83781","date_updated":"2026-03-27T08:25:59Z","year":"2025","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"date_created":"2026-03-25T13:49:01Z"},{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"date_created":"2026-03-25T14:41:29Z","user_id":"83781","date_updated":"2026-03-25T15:13:01Z","year":"2024","abstract":[{"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","lang":"eng"}],"volume":33,"type":"scientific_journal_article","_id":"13619","page":"80-94","status":"public","author":[{"first_name":"R. Leopold","full_name":"Eschrich, R. Leopold","last_name":"Eschrich"},{"first_name":"Georg","orcid":"0000-0002-9529-2215","id":"85780","full_name":"Halbeisen, Georg","last_name":"Halbeisen"},{"full_name":"Steins‐Loeber, Sabine","last_name":"Steins‐Loeber","first_name":"Sabine"},{"full_name":"Timmesfeld, Nina","last_name":"Timmesfeld","first_name":"Nina"},{"full_name":"Paslakis, Georgios","last_name":"Paslakis","first_name":"Georgios"}],"place":"Chichester","title":"Investigating the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network analysis","department":[{"_id":"DEP1500"}],"publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1099-0968"],"issn":["1072-4133","1067-1633"]},"publication_status":"published","issue":"1","doi":"10.1002/erv.3131","publication":"  European eating disorders review : the professional journal of the Eating Disorders Association","keyword":["drive for muscularity","eating disorders","men","psychotherapy","thinness ideal"],"citation":{"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>, .","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.","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.","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>.","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","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>.","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.","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>","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.","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."},"publisher":"Wiley","quality_controlled":"1","intvolume":"        33"},{"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Background\r\nPrevious investigations on the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) factor structures in men have been restricted to non-clinical settings, limiting conclusions about the factorial validity in men with eating disorders (ED). This study aimed to examine the factor structure of the German EDE-Q in a clinical group of adult men with diagnosed ED.\r\nMethods\r\nED symptoms were assessed using the validated German version of the EDE-Q. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) using principal-axis factoring based on polychoric correlations was conducted for the full sample (N = 188) using Varimax-Rotation with Kaiser-Normalization.\r\nResults\r\nHorn’s parallel analysis suggested a five-factor solution with an explained variance of 68%. The EFA factors were labeled “Restraint” (items 1, 3–6), “Body Dissatisfaction” (items 25–28), “Weight Concern” (items 10–12, 20), “Preoccupation” (items 7 and 8), and “Importance” (items 22 and 23). Items 2, 9, 19, 21, and 24 were excluded due to low communalities.\r\nConclusions\r\nFactors associated with body concerns and body dissatisfaction in adult men with ED are not fully represented in the EDE-Q. This could be due to differences in body ideals in men, e.g., the underestimation of the role of concerns about musculature. Consequently, it may be useful to apply the 17-item five-factor structure of the EDE-Q presented here to adult men with diagnosed ED."}],"volume":11,"type":"scientific_journal_article","_id":"13607","status":"public","author":[{"full_name":"Laskowski, Nora M.","last_name":"Laskowski","first_name":"Nora M."},{"last_name":"Halbeisen","id":"85780","full_name":"Halbeisen, Georg","orcid":"0000-0002-9529-2215","first_name":"Georg"},{"last_name":"Braks","full_name":"Braks, Karsten","first_name":"Karsten"},{"last_name":"Huber","full_name":"Huber, Thomas J.J.","first_name":"Thomas J.J."},{"full_name":"Paslakis, Georgios","last_name":"Paslakis","first_name":"Georgios"}],"place":"London","pmid":"1","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"date_created":"2026-03-25T13:36:30Z","external_id":{"isi":["000943959600001"],"pmid":["36879335"]},"article_number":"34","user_id":"83781","date_updated":"2026-04-08T12:36:59Z","year":"2023","publisher":"BioMed Central","quality_controlled":"1","citation":{"chicago":"Laskowski, Nora M., Georg Halbeisen, Karsten Braks, Thomas J.J. Huber, and Georgios Paslakis. “Factor Structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in Adult Men with Eating Disorders.” <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i> 11, no. 1 (2023). <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4\">https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4</a>.","short":"N.M. Laskowski, G. Halbeisen, K. Braks, T.J.J. Huber, G. Paslakis, Journal of Eating Disorders 11 (2023).","ama":"Laskowski NM, Halbeisen G, Braks K, Huber TJJ, Paslakis G. Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders. <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i>. 2023;11(1). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4\">10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4</a>","mla":"Laskowski, Nora M., et al. “Factor Structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in Adult Men with Eating Disorders.” <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i>, vol. 11, no. 1, 34, 2023, <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4\">https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4</a>.","apa":"Laskowski, N. M., Halbeisen, G., Braks, K., Huber, T. J. J., &#38; Paslakis, G. (2023). Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders. <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i>, <i>11</i>(1), Article 34. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4\">https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4</a>","din1505-2-1":"<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Laskowski, Nora M.</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Halbeisen, Georg</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Braks, Karsten</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Huber, Thomas J.J.</span> ; <span style=\"font-variant:small-caps;\">Paslakis, Georgios</span>: Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders. In: <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i> Bd. 11. London, BioMed Central (2023), Nr. 1","havard":"N.M. Laskowski, G. Halbeisen, K. Braks, T.J.J. Huber, G. Paslakis, Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders, Journal of Eating Disorders. 11 (2023).","ufg":"<b>Laskowski, Nora M. u. a.</b>: Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders, in: <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i> 11 (2023), H. 1.","bjps":"<b>Laskowski NM <i>et al.</i></b> (2023) Factor Structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in Adult Men with Eating Disorders. <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i> <b>11</b>.","chicago-de":"Laskowski, Nora M., Georg Halbeisen, Karsten Braks, Thomas J.J. Huber und Georgios Paslakis. 2023. Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders. <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i> 11, Nr. 1. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4\">10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4</a>, .","van":"Laskowski NM, Halbeisen G, Braks K, Huber TJJ, Paslakis G. Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders. 2023;11(1).","ieee":"N. M. Laskowski, G. Halbeisen, K. Braks, T. J. J. Huber, and G. Paslakis, “Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders,” <i>Journal of Eating Disorders</i>, vol. 11, no. 1, Art. no. 34, 2023, doi: <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4\">10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4</a>."},"intvolume":"        11","issue":"1","doi":"10.1186/s40337-023-00757-4","department":[{"_id":"DEP1500"}],"title":"Factor structure of the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in adult men with eating disorders","publication_status":"published","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["2050-2974"]},"publication":"Journal of Eating Disorders","isi":"1","keyword":["Eating disorders","Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire","EDE-Q","Factor analysis","Men’s health","Body dissatisfaction","Muscularity"]}]