Role of Sexual Orientation and Gender-Related Traits in Disordered Eating.

Y

16

Body Image; College Students; Dietetics; Eating Disorders; Eating Habits; Foreign Countries; Health Behavior; Higher Education; Homosexuality; Lesbianism; Personality Traits; Sex Differences; Sex Role; Sexual Orientation; Student Attitudes

0360-0025

Examined the role of sexual orientation and gender-related personality traits in disordered eating attitudes and behavior in Australia. Self-report measures of homosexual and heterosexual males and females indicated that both sexual orientation and gender traits affected disordered eating in men and women. For both genders, irrespective of sexual orientation, higher scores on negative femininity predicted higher levels of disordered eating. (SM)

2000

EJ596414