Journal
EUROPEAN EATING DISORDERS REVIEW
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 92-101Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/erv.2708
Keywords
body image; disordered eating; eating disorder; gay; homosexuality; norms; sexual minority
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Funding
- American Heart Association [CDA34760281]
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [K12 HD000850]
- National Health and Medical Research Council [1121538]
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases [K12DK111028]
- National Institute of Mental Health [K23 MH115184]
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute [PPRN-150126848]
- National Institute on Drug Abuse [K23DA039800]
- American Pediatric Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Pediatric Scientist Development Program - American Academy of Pediatrics [K12 HD000850]
- American Heart Association Career Development [CDA34760281]
- Clinical Research Training Fellowship from the American Academy of Neurology
- Tourette Association of America
- National Institutes of Health [K23 MH115184]
- Fulbright Commission
- Argentine Ministry of Education
- National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship [1121538]
- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disorders [K12DK111028]
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [1121538] Funding Source: NHMRC
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Objective Prior norms of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among men have not considered sexual orientation. This study's objective was to assess EDE-Q community norms among cisgender gay men. Method Participants were 978 self-identified cisgender gay men from The PRIDE Study recruited in 2018. Results We present mean scores and standard deviations for the EDE-Q among cisgender gay men ages 18-82. Among cisgender gay men, 4.0% scored in the clinically significant range on the global score, 5.7% on the restraint, 2.1% on the eating concern, 10.5% on the weight concern, and 21.4% on the shape concern subscales of the EDE-Q. The global score as well as weight and shape concerns in a young adult subsample (18-26 years) from The PRIDE Study were higher than previously reported norms in young men (Lavender, 2010). Participants reported any occurrence (>= 1/28 days) of dietary restraint (19.8%), objective binge episodes (10.9%), excessive exercise (10.1%), laxative misuse (1.1%), and self-induced vomiting (0.6%). Binge eating, excessive exercise, and self-induced vomiting in The PRIDE Study subsample were lower than previously reported in young men. Discussion We provide EDE-Q norms among cisgender gay men, which should aid clinicians and researchers to interpret the EDE-Q scores of cisgender gay men.
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