scholarly journals The relationship between body mass index, body dissatisfaction, and eating pathology in sexual minority women

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cherrelle L. Jones ◽  
Jillianne L. Fowle ◽  
Rimma Ilyumzhinova ◽  
Johnny Berona ◽  
Kimberley Mbayiwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Eating Pathology ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Mining for Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) in Sexual Minority Women Who Survive Intimate Partner Violence: A Conceptual Perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Counselman-Carpenter ◽  
Alex Redcay
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Posttraumatic Growth ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Traumatic Experiences ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This theoretical paper explores the need to use posttraumatic growth (PTG) as a framework when studying sexual minority women (SMW) who are survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) to examine the relationship between risk factors such as stress, anxiety and alcohol use and to understand the role of protective factors through mining for the presence of posttraumatic growth (PTG). Despite a call for continued research in this highly vulnerable population, representative studies of SMW and PTG remain extremely limited. Research that examines the relationship between IPV, behavioral health issues, and posttraumatic growth would provide the opportunity to develop tailored intervention models and opportunities for program development to decrease isolation and increase factors of posttraumatic growth. In particular, the impact of how interpersonal relationships as potential mediators and/or outcomes of posttraumatic growth (PTG) needs to be explored more thoroughly. PTG is a valuable framework for vulnerable populations such as sexual minority women because it focuses on how transformative change may result from traumatic experiences such as surviving IPV.

Obese But Fit: The Relationship of Fitness to Metabolically Healthy But Obese Status among Sexual Minority Women

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. S81-S86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane A. McElroy ◽  
Tess Gilbert ◽  
Elizabeth C. Hair ◽  
Katherine J. Mathews ◽  
Sarah Davis Redman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Metabolically Healthy ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Body‐related attentional bias as mediator of the relationship between body mass index and body dissatisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Porras‐Garcia ◽  
Marta Ferrer‐Garcia ◽  
Lena Yilmaz ◽  
Yigit O. Sen ◽  
Agata Olszewska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Attentional Bias ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Body Mass Index and Body Satisfaction: Does Availability of Well-Fitting Clothes Matter?

2020 ◽  
pp. 0887302X2091552
Author(s):  
Sarah Grogan ◽  
Simeon Gill ◽  
Kathryn Brownbridge ◽  
Gillian McChesney ◽  
Paula Wren ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Body Satisfaction ◽  
High Body Mass Index ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Reduced Body ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Age Range ◽  
The Relationship

Relatively little is known about the factors that mediate the relationship between high body mass index (BMI) and reduced body satisfaction. This is the first study to investigate whether availability of well-fitting clothes mediates this relationship. Eighty-five women with an age range of 18–81 years were 3D body scanned and weighed and measured at Time 1, and number of retailers stocking their sizes (determined through body scans) was calculated. At Time 2, they completed an online body satisfaction measure. Body satisfaction at Time 2 was predicted by both BMI and availability of well-fitting clothes in UK retailers at Time 1, with the two factors explaining 27% of the variance in body satisfaction. Availability of clothes size partially mediated the relationship between BMI and body satisfaction. Results suggest that the clothing retail sector might contribute to reducing body dissatisfaction by providing a wider range of choices for all sizes of consumer.

scholarly journals Knowledge of Chosen Family History and Depressive Symptoms in Sexual Minority Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie M. Gardella ◽  
McKenna F. Parnes ◽  
William Hirst ◽  
Adam D. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Family Of Origin ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Sexual Minority Women ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
Heterosexual Women ◽  
Memory Sharing ◽  
The Relationship

Recent work on intergenerational memory has revealed a positive association between family of origin knowledge and wellbeing in adolescents. However, little is known about the generalizability of these data, as significantly less attention has focused on autobiographical memory sharing and wellbeing in historically marginalized communities. Given the high incidence of familial rejection and abandonment within the LGBTQIA + community, close relationships with individuals outside of one’s family of origin, chosen families, often serve as an important source of social support. This study sought to examine the relationship between knowledge of a close non-family member and wellbeing among emerging adult sexual minority women (SMW) according to their gender presentation. A community sample from New York City comprised of heterosexual women (n = 50), masculine-presenting SMW (n = 50), and feminine presenting SMW (n = 50) completed measures associated with their knowledge of their family of origin, knowledge of a close non-family member, as well as self-reported measures of depression, emotion regulation, and socio-demographic questions. Family of origin knowledge was associated with lower levels of depression only among heterosexual women. However, heterosexual and SMW who knew more about their close non-family member reported lower levels of depression. Additionally, emotion regulation (cognitive reappraisals) mediated the relationship between knowing more about one’s chosen family and lower depressive symptom severity among heterosexual women, but this relationship was only significant for SMW who were at least moderately open about their sexuality. These findings extend the literature on the benefits of memory sharing to historically marginalized communities by showing that memory sources outside of one’s family of origin may be particularly important. Additionally, these data begin to shed light on potential mediating factors, such as emotion regulation and openness about one’s sexual identity, that underlie the links between memory sharing and metrics of wellbeing. Taken together, in contexts in which there may not be opportunities to learn about family history from one’s family of origin, it appears that access to stories from someone close outside of one’s family is also associated with lower levels of depression.

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