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Body image dissatisfaction and eating-related psychopathology in trans individuals: a matched control study
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posted on 2015-09-30, 14:29 authored by Gemma WitcombGemma Witcomb, Walter P. Bouman, Nicola Brewin, Christina Richards, Fernando Fernandez-Aranda, Jon ArcelusHigh levels of body dissatisfaction have already been reported in the trans population; however, the root of this dissatisfaction, and its association with eating disordered behaviours, has not been studied in-depth. This study aims to assess eating disorder risk by comparing 200 trans people, 200 people with eating disorders and 200 control participants' scores on three subscales of the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 (EDI-2) and to further explore dissatisfaction in the trans participants using the Hamburg Body Drawing Scale (HBDS). The results showed that overall participants with eating disorders scored higher than trans or control groups on all EDI-2 measures, but that trans individuals had greater body dissatisfaction than control participants and, importantly, trans males had comparable body dissatisfaction scores to eating disordered males. Drive for thinness was greater in females (cis and trans) compared with males. In relation to HBDS body dissatisfaction, both trans males and trans females reported greatest dissatisfaction not only for gender-identifying body parts but also for body shape and weight. Overall, trans males may be at particular risk for eating disordered psychopathology and other body image-related behaviours.
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School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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European Eating Disorders ReviewVolume
23Issue
4Pages
287 - 293Citation
WITCOMB, G. ... et al., 2015. Body image dissatisfaction and eating-related psychopathology in trans individuals: a matched control study. European Eating Disorders Review, 23 (4), pp. 287 - 293.Publisher
© John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and Eating Disorders AssociationVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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2015Notes
This is the peer reviewed version of the article, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/erv.2362. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.ISSN
1099-0968Publisher version
Language
- en