ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2019
Weight-based victimization among sexual and gender minority adolescents: Implications for substance use and mental health.
Article in Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06472466 ("Healthier and Earlier Through Digital Technology), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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"Healthier and Earlier Through Digital Technology: Towards a Transdiagnostic Staging Model of Eating and Sleep Disorders in Adolescence"
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Weight Stigma and Mental Health in Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2022Pooled it
- A Scoping Review of Self-Esteem in the Context of US Adolescents With Depressive Symptoms and Overweight and/or Obesity Status.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
- Weight discrimination and cardiometabolic health in underrepresented US adults.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Weight stigma and engagement in physical health behaviours among young adults in India.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Exercise and eating behaviors among Austrian transgender and gender-diverse adolescents.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Transgender and Gender-Diverse Minority Stress and Substance Use Frequency and Problems: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Transgender health · 2025Review
- Prevalence and sociodemographic associations with weight discrimination in early adolescents.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- Weight Stigma and Mental and Emotional Health Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals: A Scoping Review.LGBT health · 2024Article
- Health Consequences of Familial Negative Weight Talk Across the Spectrum of Gender Diversity.Current nutrition reports · 2023Review
- Intersections of Race, Gender, and Sexual Identity Attributions Toward Discrimination and Mental Health Across Three Cohorts of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2023Article
- Can Family and Parenting Factors Modify the Impact of Weight Stigma on Disordered Eating in Young People? A Population-Based Longitudinal Study.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Social consequences and genetics for the child with overweight and obesity: An obesity medicine association (OMA) clinical practice statement 2022.Obesity pillars · 2022Article
- How is weight teasing cross-sectionally and longitudinally associated with health behaviors and weight status among ethnically/racially and socioeconomically diverse young people?The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Article
- "We're categorized in these sizes-that's all we are": uncovering the social organization of young women's weight work through media and fashion.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Addressing Weight Bias in the Cisgender Population: Differences between Sexual Orientations.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Weight teasing experienced during adolescence and young adulthood: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with disordered eating behaviors in an ethnically/racially and socioeconomically diverse sample.The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Parental Contributors to the Prevalence and Long-term Health Risks of Family Weight Teasing in Adolescence.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2021Article
- Weight Stigma in Youth: Prevalence, Consequences, and Considerations for Clinical Practice.Current obesity reports · 2020Review
- Bullying and Peer Victimization of Minority Youth: Intersections of Sexual Identity and Race/Ethnicity.The Journal of school health · 2020Article
- Prospects for finding the mechanisms of sex differences in addiction with human and model organism genetic analysis.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectiveWeight-based victimization (WBV) involves being the target of intentional physical, verbal, or psychological harm because of one's body weight. Youth experience harmful health consequences from WBV, but this literature has neglected sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth, despite their high rates of overweight and obesity, and mental health problems. The present study assessed health behaviors (substance use), self-rated health, perceived control over stressors, depressive symptoms and self-esteem as a function of WBV in a large, national sample of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) adolescents.
methodParticipants (N = 9,838, M
resultsWBV was associated with increased odds of alcohol use, binge drinking, marijuana use, and cigarette use, independent of adolescents' age, race, body mass index (BMI), sexual identity, gender identity, caregiver education, and U.S. region. Frequency of WBV at school and weight teasing from family members were both consistently associated with lower self-rated health, lower perceived control over stressors, lower self-esteem, and higher depressive symptom scores.
conclusionsThese findings present the first large-scale evidence of the relationship between WBV and adverse health behaviors in SGM youth. Sexual minority youth who experience WBV, especially from family members, may be vulnerable to adverse health behaviors and low perceived health, regardless of their BMI. These findings highlight the importance of considering WBV when examining health behaviors in LGBTQ youth, and increased awareness of these issues among health care professionals. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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