Eating Concerns in College Women Across Sexual Orientation Identities |
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| Authors: | Janelle K. Maloch Kathleen J. Bieschke Andrew A. McAleavey Benjamin D. Locke |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, Pennsylvania State University.;2. Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University.;3. Counseling & Psychological Services, Pennsylvania State University. |
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| Abstract: | This study found that treatment‐seeking sexual minority college women evidenced serious eating concerns. Regardless of sexual orientation and compared with those with low levels of eating concerns, women with high levels of eating concerns evidenced increased depression, increased generalized anxiety, and a greater likelihood of experiencing trauma. Regardless of eating concerns severity, sexual minority women evidenced greater depression, generalized anxiety, and likelihood of trauma than did heterosexual women, with bisexual women reporting the highest concerns. |
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| Keywords: | eating concerns college women sexual orientation |
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