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Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis (MG-CFA) was used to assess measurement invariance across transgender men, transgender women, and gender-diverse individuals. RESULTS: The EPSI's eight-factor structure was supported across all three TGD groups with strong model fit: transgender men (CFI = 0.985, RMSEA = 0.047, SRMR = 0.078), transgender women (CFI = 0.948, RMSEA = 0.048, SRMR = 0.085), and gender-diverse individuals (CFI = 0.962, RMSEA = 0.040, SRMR = 0.060). Measurement invariance analyses supported that the EPSI was invariant across the groups, facilitating meaningful group comparisons using the inventory. Internal consistency, assessed using McDonald's omega, was acceptable for all subscales (ω = 0.74-0.94). DISCUSSION: This study provides psychometric support for the EPSI in TGD groups. The results indicate that the EPSI performs reliably and consistently across these groups for assessing eating pathology among gender minority people.","journal":"International Journal of Eating Disorders","year":2025,"id":518178,"datarank":0.31191623125197543,"base_score":2.0794415416798357,"endowment":2.0794415416798357,"self_citation_contribution":0.31191623125197543,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.31191623125197543,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":46.07410845517135,"corpus_rank":6946,"citation_count":7,"citer_count":2,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":true,"is_dataset_confidence":0.529,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":6.25,"fair_percentile":25.068786303882604,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1285003,"name":"Christopher D. 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