Development and validity of a very short form of the Eating Disorder Inventory.

Introduction: The main objective of the present series of studies was to develop and validate a 16-item very short form of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-VS) for use as a short assessment tool in large-scale comprehensive or longitudinal studies, as well as in-depth idiographic studies.

Method: The EDI-VS was developed, and validated, through a series of five studies based on independent community samples including a total of 1372 French adolescents.

Results: The results supported the reliability, content validity, factor validity, convergent validity, and criterion-related validity of the EDI-VS.

Conclusions: The EDI-VS comprises 16 items assessing the eight original dimensions of the conceptual model for the EDI. Recommendations for future practice and research on the EDI-VS are outlined.