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ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2021

Empirical Evaluation of Rainbow Reflections: A Comic Book Anthology on Body Image for Queer Men.

Stéphanie E M Gauvin, Phillip Joy, Brittany L Dunn, Matthew Lee, Rachel E Williamson

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Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Stéphanie E M GauvinDepartment of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada. gauvin.stephanie@queensu.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1943-6344
Phillip JoyDepartment of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Brittany L DunnSchool of Community Services, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Matthew LeeFaculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Rachel E WilliamsonSchool of Community Services, St. Lawrence College, Kingston, ON, Canada.

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Canadian Institute of Health Research CIHR ICS 155506CIHR CIHR Dalhousie ICS-155510
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Abstract

Gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) men are at higher risk of negative body image. As having a negative body image is related to negative mood, sexual, and health outcomes, identifying and providing community-friendly tools for GBQ men is important. This paper describes the creation and evaluation of Rainbow Reflections, a comic anthology developed to promote awareness of and communication about body image. Rainbow Reflections includes comics from 38 trans- and cis-GBQ artists who drew inspiration from personal narratives based on pre-determined themes in the empirical literature and interactive inserts based on evidence-based practice. To evaluate Rainbow Reflections, 167 trans- and cis-GBQ men completed pre-post measures before/after viewing a selection of comics and responded to an open-ended question about their experience. Overall, participants rated the comic book positively, with a majority (61.1%) indicating that they would recommend the book to a friend. After viewing the comics, participants reported greater comfort with initiating conversations about body image, greater satisfaction with their bodies, and reported higher estimates of how common body image concerns are for queer men. Themes that emerged from open-ended responses included participants reflecting on personal struggles (~ 30%), relating with the stories of others (~ 22%), reflecting on the standards of queer men (~ 18%), recognizing cis-privilege (~ 11%), reflecting on others' struggles (~ 9%), negative feedback about the comics (~ 7%), and balancing masculine and feminine (~ 3%). Results of the study provide preliminary evidence for Rainbow Reflections as an effective community-friendly tool to promote awareness of and communication about body image for GBQ men.

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Empirical ResearchBody ImageBooksCommunicationHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleSexual BehaviorArtBody imageComic bookGay menKnowledge translationSexual orientation

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