Differences in weight stigma between gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men

Austen, Emma; Greenaway, Katharine H.; Griffiths, Scott

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.08.002

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“…The reported correlations between BSQ scores and WBIS scores [0.54-0.77; ( 6 , 75 , 76 )], and EDI-BD and WBIS scores [0.69-0.72; ( 68 , 77 )] were of similar strengths. The other measures used in community and college samples were MSBRQ subscales correlated with various iterations of the WBIS [0.40-0.80; ( 12 , 36 , 38 , 59 , 61 , 69 , 70 )], the Male Body Attitudes Scale and 11-item WBIS-M [0.73; ( 60 )], the body dissatisfaction subscale of the EPSI and the WBIS-M [0.74-0.76; ( 79 )] and the Body Image States Scale correlated with the 11-item WBIS-M [0.27; ( 80 )]. All but four of the published community or college-based studies we identified reported correlations exceeding a large effect size, some approaching a perfect linear relationship ( 82 ).…”

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Examining the Conceptual and Measurement Overlap of Body Dissatisfaction and Internalized Weight Stigma in Predominantly Female Samples: A Meta-Analysis and Measurement Refinement Study

Saunders¹,

Nutter²,

Russell‐Mayhew³

2022

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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Both body dissatisfaction and internalized weight stigma have been identified as risk factors for many negative health outcomes for women, including depression and eating disorders. In addition to these contributions, these concepts have been found to overlap to various degrees in existing literature. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis on articles published prior to February 2022 to demonstrate the conceptual and measurement overlap between body dissatisfaction and internalized weight stigma as currently quantified. We identified 48 studies examining the interrelation between body dissatisfaction and internalized weight stigma in predominantly female samples. Stronger correlations between these two constructs, some bordering on multicollinearity, were prevalent in community samples compared to clinical samples and with some but not all the commonly used measures in the body image and weight stigma fields. Body mass index (BMI) moderated these relations such that individuals with higher self-reported BMI were more likely to report lower correlations between the constructs. This concept proliferation, stronger for individuals with lower BMIs and community samples, necessitates the need change how we conceptualize and measure body dissatisfaction and internalized weight stigma. To this end, we conducted study two to refine existing measures and lessen the degree of measurement overlap between internalized weight stigma and body dissatisfaction, particularly in community samples of women. We aimed to clarify the boundaries between these two concepts, ensuring measurement error is better accounted for. Female university students completed existing measures of body satisfaction and internalized weight stigma, which were analyzed using an exploratory followed by a confirmatory factor analysis. In our attempts to modify two existing measures of internalized weight stigma and body dissatisfaction, the majority of the internalized weight stigma items were retained. In contrast, most of the body dissatisfaction items either cross-loaded onto both factors or loaded on to the internalized weight stigma factor despite being intended for the body dissatisfaction factor, suggesting that the measurement issues identified in recent prior research may be due not only to the way we conceptualize and quantify weight stigma, but also the ways in which we quantify body dissatisfaction, across the existing corpus of body dissatisfaction scales.

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Examining the Conceptual and Measurement Overlap of Body Dissatisfaction and Internalized Weight Stigma in Predominantly Female Samples: A Meta-Analysis and Measurement Refinement Study

Saunders¹,

Nutter²,

Russell‐Mayhew³

2022

Front. Glob. Womens Health

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“…Some of these studies explain that in various countries LGBT people carry out self-identity construction in various ways to change, cover up or even open themselves in public. The reason of gay groups do this is because of society's acceptance of them, both in everyday life: at work (Ro & Olson, 2014); (Beer & Wellman, 2021); (Lyons et al, 2020b), body image (Austen et al, 2020), bulliying (Earnshaw et al, 2016), and even their family.…”

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The Identity Construction of Young Gay on Instagram

Moekahar

Amalia

2021

JTM

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<em><span>In Indonesia in the last five years, homosexuals still experience discrimination. This condition causes the gay to create new identities that are constructed. Instagram is a medium that is currently widely used by gay in social interactions. This media is used by gays to construct their identity. This study aims to find out how they construct their identity through instragram social media, and what their identity is different in the real world and cyberspace in Bandung. This research method is qualitative with a phenomenological study approach. The informants in this study were gay groups in Bandung City, expecially gay young. Sampling technique used to purposive sampling with deep interview, observation and documentation. The results of this study say that one's experience of being gay is driven by internal environmental factors, namely the treatment of discrimination from family members, colleague and friends. The popular features of Instagram used by informants on Instagram are posting photo, video, and comment by share story to post. Gays construct their identity through online and offline media. Researchers found that there were two stages (front stage and back stage) played by gays when interacting with others.</span></em>

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“…Gay men have been found to have higher weight-related body dissatisfaction (e.g., fear of becoming fat, overevaluation of “ideal physique”) compared with heterosexual men (Kaminski et al, 2005). Greater weight-bias internalization has been found among sexual minority men compared with heterosexual men in a community sample (Austen et al, 2020) and among individuals seeking weight-loss (Puhl et al, 2019).…”

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Evaluating the relationships between sexual orientation, weight-related teasing, weight bias internalization, and binge eating.

Rosenbaum¹,

Bernstein²

2023

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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Despite the prevalence and impact of binge eating disorder (BED) symptoms among sexual minority individuals, few studies have examined factors that may be responsible for sexual orientation-based disparities in BED symptoms. We examined the relationship of sexual minority status to BED symptoms. Specifically, we hypothesized an indirect effect of sexual minority status on BED symptoms such that sexual minority individuals experienced more frequent weight-related teasing, which in turn was associated with greater weight bias internalization, which then led to greater BED symptoms. Undergraduate students (N = 688) of varying weight status, sexual orientation, and gender provided data. A path analysis model utilizing ordinary least squares regression was used to evaluate relationships between variables. Sexual minority participants had more frequent weight-related teasing, higher weight bias internalization, and more severe BED symptoms. Analyses supported both the indirect effect hypothesized above, and an indirect effect bypassing weight bias internalization. Additionally, a direct effect for sexual minority status on BED symptoms was found. Our results suggest that negative societal experiences are a key factor in understanding the greater BED symptoms that occur among sexual minority individuals. Future research is needed to evaluate these relationships longitudinally and using other samples.

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Differences in weight stigma between gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men

Cited by 53 publications

References 48 publications

Examining the Conceptual and Measurement Overlap of Body Dissatisfaction and Internalized Weight Stigma in Predominantly Female Samples: A Meta-Analysis and Measurement Refinement Study

Examining the Conceptual and Measurement Overlap of Body Dissatisfaction and Internalized Weight Stigma in Predominantly Female Samples: A Meta-Analysis and Measurement Refinement Study

The Identity Construction of Young Gay on Instagram

Evaluating the relationships between sexual orientation, weight-related teasing, weight bias internalization, and binge eating.

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