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Abstract
Purpose: There is increasing research on positive body image, but no studies to date have examined these constructs in lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women. However, LBQ women are at increased risk for mental health concerns and disordered eating, and there is evidence that body appreciation might be both adaptive and protective. This study examined factors that could uniquely relate to body appreciation in LBQ women.Method: Women identifying as LBQ (N=150) completed demographics and measures of social support, resilience, self-esteem, and body appreciation. We tested a hypothesized mediational model of social support leading indirectly to body appreciation through resilience and self-esteem, controlling for body mass index.Results: All direct effects, except social support to body appreciation (p=0.696), were significant (ps=0.017–0.001), reflecting a full multiple mediation. As hypothesized, the effect of social support on body appreciation was indirect (p=0.011), through resilience and self-esteem.Conclusion: This is the first study to investigate factors that might facilitate positive body image in LBQ women. Although preliminary, results suggest social support, resilience, and self-esteem might be important targets of body image interventions with LBQ women.
Highlights
There is increasing research on positive body image, but no studies to date have examined these constructs in lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women
Descriptive statistics and bivariate correlations between study variables were conducted using SPSS Version 25.0.45 We examined the associations between age, sexual orientation, race/ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), and primary study variables, and significant associations were considered as covariates
There was a significant negative correlation (r = À0.21, p = 0.011) between BMI and body appreciation; BMI was included as a covariate
Summary
There is increasing research on positive body image, but no studies to date have examined these constructs in lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women. This study examined factors that could uniquely relate to body appreciation in LBQ women. Method: Women identifying as LBQ (N = 150) completed demographics and measures of social support, resilience, self-esteem, and body appreciation. The effect of social support on body appreciation was indirect ( p = 0.011), through resilience and self-esteem. Results suggest social support, resilience, and self-esteem might be important targets of body image interventions with LBQ women. Degree of femininity/masculinity/androgyny, peer sexual orientation, partner choice, media representations, and fashion all seem to contribute to body image in lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women.[16,17,18]
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