Observatory on Eating Disorders, Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Viale Ellittico 31, 81100, Caserta, Italy.
Eat Weight Disord. 2013 Jun;18(2):115-24. doi: 10.1007/s40519-013-0017-z. Epub 2013 Apr 18.
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between gender role orientation and eating disorder attitudes and behaviors and body dissatisfaction in a sample of homosexuals, heterosexuals, and transsexuals.
We screened 132 homosexuals, 178 heterosexuals (both male and female), and 15 MtF transsexuals by means of an ad hoc socio-demographic schedule; the Eating Disorders Inventory-2 and Symptom Checklist; the Body Uneasiness Test and the Bem Sex Role Inventory.
Differences between homosexual, heterosexual, and transsexual participants emerged, but those data seem to be best explained by the constructs of femininity and masculinity than by the biological gender.
The empirical evidence of a positive correlation between femininity and eating problems, and the negative correlation between masculinity and eating problems, is full of implications. Eating disorders appear to be diseases of femininity; masculinity seems to be a protective factor, independently by the biological gender.
本研究的主要目的是调查同性恋、异性恋和变性者样本中性别角色取向与饮食障碍态度和行为及身体不满之间的关系。
我们通过专门的社会人口学时间表筛选了 132 名同性恋者、178 名异性恋者（男女）和 15 名 MtF 变性者；使用饮食障碍清单 2 和症状检查表；身体不适测试和本姆性别角色清单。
同性恋、异性恋和变性参与者之间存在差异，但这些数据似乎最好用女性气质和男性气质的结构来解释，而不是用生物性别来解释。
女性气质与饮食问题之间存在正相关，男性气质与饮食问题之间存在负相关，这一实证证据具有重要意义。饮食障碍似乎是女性气质的疾病；男性气质似乎是一种保护因素，与生物性别无关。
