Characterizing eating disorder diagnosis and related outcomes by sexual orientation and gender identity in a national sample of college students.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In a national sample of college students, the current study aimed to: 1) examine differences in probable diagnoses of EDs (i.e., anorexia nervosa (AN), clinical/subthreshold bulimia nervosa (BN), or binge eating disorder (BED)) and weight and shape concerns by sexual orientation and gender identity, and 2) examine differences in ED chronicity and probable comorbid psychiatric diagnoses by sexual orientation and gender identity.

Method

Students across nine U.S. universities completed an online screener for DSM-5 clinical or subthreshold ED diagnoses, comorbid depression and anxiety disorders, and self-reported ED chronicity. Self-reported sexual orientation and gender identity were also collected. Tukey-corrected logistic and linear regressions examined differences

SUBMITTER: Grammer AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8380708 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature