Kamody Rebecca C, Yonkers Kimberly, Pluhar Emily I, Olezeski Christy L
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Yale Medicine Pediatric Gender Program, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
LGBT Health. 2020 May/Jun;7(4):170-173. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2019.0354. Epub 2020 May 7.
As with male populations more generally, eating disorder symptom expression among trans-masculine youth is understudied. Gender minority individuals are at increased risk for eating disorders; however, culturally responsive and developmentally tailored research is limited. Although all gender minority individuals may experience elevated risk for developing eating disorders, the focus of this article is trans-masculine youth. We provide a theoretical conceptualization of eating disorder symptom expression among this understudied group, and propose novel directions for research, particularly for youth at pubertal onset. Adolescence as a critical developmental period for intervention is highlighted.
与更广泛的男性群体一样，跨性别男性青少年饮食失调症状的表现尚未得到充分研究。性少数群体个体患饮食失调症的风险增加；然而，具有文化适应性和适合发展阶段的研究有限。虽然所有性少数群体个体患饮食失调症的风险可能都会升高，但本文的重点是跨性别男性青少年。我们对这一研究不足的群体中饮食失调症状的表现进行了理论概念化，并提出了新的研究方向，特别是针对青春期开始阶段的青少年。强调了青春期作为干预的关键发展阶段。
