ArticleJournal of eating disorders2024
Invisible walls? Stigma-related perceptions are associated with reduced help-seeking intentions for disordered eating in men.
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- Efficacy of the Intervention Against the Stigmatization of Men With Eating Disorders in Primary Healthcare (iSMEsH): Results From a Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Predictors of Dropout, Outcome, and Relapse in Web-Based Guided Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Enhanced Among Patients With Binge-Eating Disorder.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Trial
- Eating Disorders in Boys and Men: A Gender-Critical Narrative Review on Recognition, Stigma, and Treatment.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Social determinants of mental health in Germany: a systematic scoping review mapping the landscape of researched determinants, outcome measures, and explanatory concepts.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Associations between socio-demographic patterns, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorder risk in women: a cluster-based approach.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Determinants of male global health and quality of life in Switzerland: a cross-sectional study using a gender-diverse approach.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Do we need to "man up" feeding and eating disorders treatments? Protocol for a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of gender effects on intervention outcomes.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Moving from recognising to responding to oral health needs in eating disorders: matters arising from Gidlund et al., 2025.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Boys don't try? Gendered stigma specifically reduces help-seeking for disordered eating in men, but not women.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Muscularity Concerns and Disordered Eating Symptoms in Adult Women: A Network Analysis.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Eating disorders, dentistry, and the need for shared learning: a lived experience commentary on Gidlund et al.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundEating disorders (EDs) are increasingly prevalent in men, but men remain underrepresented across many ED-specific treatment settings. Based on the idea that persistent stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination, i.e., stigma against men with EDs, could impede help-seeking behaviors, the present study investigated whether stigma-related perceptions in men are associated with reduced help-seeking intentions for a broad range of disordered eating symptoms.
methodsN = 132 adult men participated in a cross-sectional online survey and completed questionnaires on ED psychopathology, muscle dysmorphia, orthorexic eating, stigma-related perceptions of EDs in men, and help-seeking intentions.
resultsModerator analyses showed that higher stigma-related perceptions were associated with reduced help-seeking intentions in response to increased ED symptom severity. However, this was only the case for traditionally "feminized" ED symptoms (related to thin-body ideals), but not for help-seeking with regard to muscularity-oriented, orthorexic, or avoidant/restrictive disordered eating.
conclusionsStigma may reduce help-seeking intentions with regard to "feminized" ED symptoms. The present findings suggest that perceptions of EDs as "women's diseases" were associated with reduced help-seeking in men. Stigma towards men with EDs could thus be a possible barrier to help-seeking in men, highlighting the relevance of stigma-reducing interventions in clinical and community settings.
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