Profiles of experienced and internalized weight-based stigma in college students across the weight spectrum: Associations with eating disorder, depression, and anxiety symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Weight stigma comprises negative attitudes and weight-related stereotypes that result in rejection, discrimination, and prejudice against individuals in larger bodies. Both internalized and experienced weight stigma are associated with negative mental health outcomes, yet it remains unknown how types of stigmatizing experiences (e.g., systemic vs. intraindividual), internalized stigma, and weight status relate, or how profiles of weight stigma differentially impact mental health.

Method

The current study (N = 1001 undergraduates) used latent profile analysis to identify weight stigma risk profiles and test whether profiles were cross-sectionally associated with eating disorder symptoms, depression, and social appearance anxiety.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Christian C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12415894 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature