Associations between body image patterns and body image-related pathology in sexual minority individuals: A mixture-modeling approach.

Autor: Klimek-Johnson, Patrycja, Calzo, Jerel P., Roesch, Scott C., Blashill, Aaron J.
Zdroj: Body Image; Jun2023, Vol. 45, p73-85, 13p
Abstrakt: Body image concerns are associated with disordered eating, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and illicit appearance and performance enhancing drug (APED) misuse. Sexual minority individuals are a vulnerable population for body image concerns. Latent profile analyses were used to identify body image patterns in sexual minority men (n = 479) and women (n = 483) and to investigate associations between latent profiles and body image-related pathology. A 5-profile solution demonstrated best fit for men and a 4-profile solution for women. Among women, co-occurring high thinness/muscularity concerns had higher probability of vomiting and dietary restriction than the high thinness/low muscularity concerns profile. The probability of driven exercise did not differ across latent profiles for men and only differed between low thinness/low muscularity and high thinness/high muscularity concerns profiles in women. Men with low thinness/high muscularity concerns had significantly lower probability of vomiting and laxative misuse than all other profiles but did not significantly differ from co-occurring high or moderate thinness/muscularity concerns profiles in binge eating and illicit APED misuse. This study may have implications for future research, treatment, and prevention of body image-related pathology in sexual minority individuals. • Sexual minority individuals had considerable heterogeneity in body image concerns. • Elevated thinness concerns indicated increased odds of binge eating and BDD symptoms. • Women with co-occurring high thinness/muscularity concerns had highest odds of dietary restriction and vomiting. • Men with low thinness/high muscularity concerns had the lowest odds of purging. • Odds of driven exercise did not differ between latent profiles in men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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