Reported higher general early-life bullying victimization is uniquely associated with more eating pathology and poor psychosocial well-being in Chinese sexual minority men

IF 5.2 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY

Body Image Pub Date : 2024-11-04 DOI:10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101808

{"title":"Reported higher general early-life bullying victimization is uniquely associated with more eating pathology and poor psychosocial well-being in Chinese sexual minority men","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.bodyim.2024.101808","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>General early-life bullying victimization has been used as an early-life marker of eating and body image disturbances and poor psychosocial well-being later in life. We expand existing research in this area to Chinese sexual minority (SM) men, a vulnerable and under-researched subgroup, by considering associations of general early-life bullying victimization with current eating and body image disturbances and poor psychosocial well-being. We assessed demographics, general early-life bullying victimization, past appearance teasing, current thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances, and current psychosocial well-being in Chinese SM men (<em>N</em> = 433). Correlation and hierarchical linear regressions examined the study hypotheses. Beyond covariates (e.g., age) and past appearance teasing, general early-life bullying victimization explained significant, unique variance in all outcome variables. Specifically, higher general early-life bullying victimization was uniquely associated with more current thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances and poor psychosocial well-being. Consistent with research in the Western context, findings suggest that general early-life bullying victimization is a meaningful, positive correlate of current eating and body image disturbances and poor psychosocial well-being in Chinese SM men. Future research considering sexual minority stress as a theoretical backdrop may help explain associations between general early-life bullying victimization and negative health outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48312,"journal":{"name":"Body Image","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Body Image","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S174014452400130X","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"PSYCHIATRY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

General early-life bullying victimization has been used as an early-life marker of eating and body image disturbances and poor psychosocial well-being later in life. We expand existing research in this area to Chinese sexual minority (SM) men, a vulnerable and under-researched subgroup, by considering associations of general early-life bullying victimization with current eating and body image disturbances and poor psychosocial well-being. We assessed demographics, general early-life bullying victimization, past appearance teasing, current thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances, and current psychosocial well-being in Chinese SM men (N = 433). Correlation and hierarchical linear regressions examined the study hypotheses. Beyond covariates (e.g., age) and past appearance teasing, general early-life bullying victimization explained significant, unique variance in all outcome variables. Specifically, higher general early-life bullying victimization was uniquely associated with more current thinness- and muscularity-oriented eating and body image disturbances and poor psychosocial well-being. Consistent with research in the Western context, findings suggest that general early-life bullying victimization is a meaningful, positive correlate of current eating and body image disturbances and poor psychosocial well-being in Chinese SM men. Future research considering sexual minority stress as a theoretical backdrop may help explain associations between general early-life bullying victimization and negative health outcomes.

查看原文本刊更多论文

在中国的性少数群体男性中，早年遭受欺凌的比例越高，其饮食病理和社会心理健康状况就越差

早年遭受欺凌是导致饮食和身体形象障碍以及日后心理健康状况不佳的早期标志。我们将这一领域的现有研究扩展到中国的性少数群体（SM）男性--一个易受伤害且研究不足的亚群体--考虑早年遭受的一般欺凌与目前的饮食和身体形象障碍以及不良的社会心理健康之间的关系。我们评估了中国少数民族男性（433 人）的人口统计学特征、早年遭受的一般欺凌、过去的外貌取笑、目前以瘦弱和肌肉为导向的饮食和身体形象障碍以及目前的社会心理健康状况。相关性和分层线性回归检验了研究假设。除了协变量（如年龄）和过去的外貌取笑之外，早年遭受的一般欺凌可以解释所有结果变量中显著的、独特的变异。具体来说，早年遭受欺凌的程度越高，其目前的饮食和身体形象就越偏向于瘦肉型和肌肉型，社会心理健康状况就越差。与西方的研究结果一致，研究结果表明，早年遭受欺凌与中国男性SM目前的饮食和身体形象障碍以及不良的社会心理健康有重要的正相关关系。将性少数群体压力作为理论背景的未来研究可能有助于解释早年遭受欺凌与负面健康结果之间的关联。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Body Image Multiple-

CiteScore

8.70

自引率

28.80%

发文量

174

期刊介绍： Body Image is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality, scientific articles on body image and human physical appearance. Body Image is a multi-faceted concept that refers to persons perceptions and attitudes about their own body, particularly but not exclusively its appearance. The journal invites contributions from a broad range of disciplines-psychological science, other social and behavioral sciences, and medical and health sciences. The journal publishes original research articles, brief research reports, theoretical and review papers, and science-based practitioner reports of interest. Dissertation abstracts are also published online, and the journal gives an annual award for the best doctoral dissertation in this field.