{"date_created":"2026-03-25T14:41:29Z","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1099-0968"],"issn":["1072-4133","1067-1633"]},"publication":"  European eating disorders review : the professional journal of the Eating Disorders Association","date_updated":"2026-03-25T15:13:01Z","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"keyword":["drive for muscularity","eating disorders","men","psychotherapy","thinness ideal"],"title":"Investigating the structure of disordered eating symptoms in adult men: A network analysis","citation":{"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.","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>.","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.","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>","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.","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>.","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>.","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>","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","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."},"volume":33,"author":[{"full_name":"Eschrich, R. Leopold","first_name":"R. Leopold","last_name":"Eschrich"},{"last_name":"Halbeisen","first_name":"Georg","id":"85780","full_name":"Halbeisen, Georg","orcid":"0000-0002-9529-2215"},{"full_name":"Steins‐Loeber, Sabine","first_name":"Sabine","last_name":"Steins‐Loeber"},{"last_name":"Timmesfeld","first_name":"Nina","full_name":"Timmesfeld, Nina"},{"first_name":"Georgios","last_name":"Paslakis","full_name":"Paslakis, Georgios"}],"year":"2024","page":"80-94","status":"public","type":"scientific_journal_article","intvolume":"        33","user_id":"83781","doi":"10.1002/erv.3131","_id":"13619","place":"Chichester","publication_status":"published","issue":"1","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"}],"department":[{"_id":"DEP1500"}],"quality_controlled":"1","publisher":"Wiley"}