Yorkshire Centre for Eating Disorders, Leeds Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds, UK.
Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2009 Nov;17(6):435-43. doi: 10.1002/erv.955.
Recent research has emphasized vulnerability to eating disorders in gay men, with calls for research on causality, cultural factors and focus on a younger age cohort. This study aimed to examine body image and related eating behaviours in younger gay and straight men.
Qualitative study using a sample of gay and straight male university students, applying audiotaped and transcribed depth interview subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis.
Fifteen young men (18-24) with a spectrum of sexual orientation (gay, straight and bisexual) agreed to participate. Five dominant categories emerged: body image ideal, external influences, perception of body image, dieting, mechanisms for modification (diet, exercise, cosmetics) and sexual orientation.
Health and aesthetic ideals appear less divorced for young men than women, offering some degree of protection from eating disorders. Nonetheless there is widespread body dissatisfaction. Media and social influences are powerful, particularly for single gay men, but the study suggests fewer differences than similarities between gay and straight men.
最近的研究强调了男同性恋者易患饮食失调症，呼吁研究其因果关系、文化因素，并关注更年轻的年龄群体。本研究旨在研究年轻男同性恋和直男的体像和相关的饮食行为。
采用同性恋和直男大学生样本的定性研究，应用录音和转录的深度访谈，并进行解释性现象学分析。
15 名年龄在 18-24 岁之间、具有不同性取向（同性恋、直男和双性恋）的年轻人同意参与。出现了五个主要类别：体像理想、外部影响、体像感知、节食、修饰机制（饮食、运动、化妆品）和性取向。
与女性相比，年轻男性的健康和审美理想似乎没有那么脱节，这为他们提供了一定程度的饮食失调症保护。尽管如此，还是存在广泛的身体不满。媒体和社会影响是强大的，特别是对于单身男同性恋者，但研究表明，同性恋者和直男之间的差异并不比相似之处多。
