Abstract
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth experience disparate rates of disordered eating behaviors (DEB; purging, restricting food intake, and binge eating) compared with cisgender and/or heterosexual youth. Yet we have limited data examining the mechanisms that contribute to DEB among LGBTQ+ youth. This study examined associations among family acceptance and rejection and community context (acceptance, support, involvement, and bullying) on LGBTQ+ youth DEB, using data from the LGBTQ National Teen Survey (N = 7,901) collected in 2017. Findings indicate that DEB for weight control and binge-eating DEB were positively related to family rejection and LGBTQ+-based bullying and negatively related to LGBTQ+ community acceptance and support. Findings from this study have implications for individual-, family-, and community-level interventions to support LGBTQ+ youth.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 230-244 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Families in Society |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2025 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2023.
Keywords
- community practice
- eating disorders
- family systems and functioning
- LGBTQ issues
- mental health and differential diagnoses
- methods and analytics
- modes of practice
- quantitative research
- regression analysis
- subjects of practice
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