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Zachary A Soulliard1, Micah R Lattanner2, John E Pachankis3
1Miami University, Department of Psychology.
Abstract:
Although intraminority gay community stress has been theorized to affect sexual minority men's body dissatisfaction, this association has not been evaluated quantitatively. In two samples of sexual minority men-one sample recruited from a population-based study of U.S. adults (n=424; M =54.29), the other a sample meeting diagnostic criteria for depressive, anxiety, or trauma-/stressor-related disorders (n=251; M =26.52)-this study investigated associations between gay community stress and body dissatisfaction. In both samples, gay community stress was significantly associated with sexual minority men's greater body dissatisfaction in models that controlled for demographic and minority stress variables. In terms of specific domains of gay community stress, perceptions of the gay community's focus on sex, social status, and social competition were significant correlates of greater body dissatisfaction. Future research can determine the impact of routinely addressing gay community stress in body image and eating disorder treatments for this population.
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