Background According to past research, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
individuals experience a higher prevalence of psychopathology, which is attributable to the …

It remains unclear whether body dissatisfaction, a widely recognized predictor of eating-
related pathologies and depressive symptomatology, is consistent across cohorts and time …

Research suggests that the risk of body image concerns among sexual minority men is high.
Recent work has increasingly examined body image in relation to psychological …

Objective This study contributes to the quantitatively large, yet narrow in scope research on
body image in gay men by assessing whether gay and heterosexual men systematically …

Eating disorder (ED) research and practice have been shaped by prevailing stereotypes
about who EDs are most likely to affect. Subsequently, the field has prioritized the needs and …

Although popular culture suggests that weight-based prejudice is especially common
among gay men, no studies have examined this issue empirically. In Study 1, we explored …

Despite conjecture that involvement in the gay community exposes gay men to more
experiences of sexual objectification, to our knowledge, no research to date has directly …

Gay men have increased risk of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating compared to
heterosexual men, and it is unclear what differentiates their risk for thinness-and muscularity …

This study investigated the relationship between pornography use and men's body image,
utilizing the social comparison theory as the theoretical framework. The research focused on …

Masculine men are more likely to idealise being tall, muscular, and lean. Feminine men, on
the other hand, are more likely to idealise leanness. At the trait level, masculinity and …