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ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2025

Campus climate and intersectional inequities in eating disorders among U.S. college students: A multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy.

Ariel L Beccia, Vivienne M Hazzard, Rachel F Rodgers, Dougie Zubizarreta, Lauren M Schaefer, Natasha L Burke

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Ariel L BecciaDivision of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: ariel.beccia@childrens.harvard.edu.
Vivienne M HazzardDivision of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Charles Stewart Mott Department of Public Health, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Flint, MI, USA. Electronic address: vhazzard@msu.edu.
Rachel F RodgersAPPEAR, Department of Applied Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; Lapeyronie University Hospital, Montpellier, France; Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation Clinique, Hôpital du Cotentin, Cherbourg, France. Electronic address: r.rodgers@northeastern.edu.
Dougie ZubizarretaDepartment of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: dzubizarreta@hsph.harvard.edu.
Lauren M SchaeferSanford Center for Biobehavioral Research, Fargo, ND, USA; University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA. Electronic address: lauren.schaefer@sanfordhealth.org.
Natasha L BurkeDepartment of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, Bronx, USA. Electronic address: nburke12@fordham.edu.

Funding

The Neurocognitive Reward Learning Mechanisms of Binge EatingP20GM134969 · NIGMS · SANFORD RESEARCH NORTH · PI DODD, DORIAN R · 2021 to 2025
$11.5M
Sexual Minority Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Intersectional, Social Epidemiologic InvestigationF32MD017452 · NIMHD · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI BECCIA, ARIEL L · 2022 to 2025
$228k
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM134969NIMHD NIH HHS F32 MD017452
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Abstract

purposeTo advance understanding of how contextual factors explain eating disorder (ED) inequities among college students, we examined associations between campus climate - i.e., the extent to which a given school is hostile vs. friendly to students of diverse social/cultural backgrounds - and ED prevalence across intersections of gender, sexual, and racialized identity.

methodCross-sectional data came from 15,544 students at colleges/universities that participated in the 2018/2019 Healthy Minds Study. We conducted a Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) by grouping participants into 35 intersectional social strata defined by gender, sexual, and racialized identity and fitting multilevel models to obtain stratum-specific prevalence estimates of probable EDs across the range of campus climate ratings (1 = "very hostile" to 5 = "very friendly").

resultsCampus climate was inversely associated with probable EDs; specifically, for every 1-unit increase in ratings (i.e., more friendly climates), odds decreased by 8 %. There were differences in the magnitude of this association across strata, such that multiply marginalized students experienced the largest benefits from attending "very friendly" campuses, and especially those who were cisgender women and/or LGBQ+.

conclusionsResults reveal a complex social patterning of EDs among college students across campus climate ratings and provide preliminary evidence suggesting that hostile campus climates may function as a driver of intersectional inequities in this population.

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Feeding and Eating DisordersSocial EnvironmentStudentsAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMultilevel AnalysisPrevalenceUnited StatesUniversitiesYoung Adultcampus climatecollege studentseating disordersgender identityhealth inequitiesintersectionalityMAIHDArace/ethnicitysexual orientation

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PMID41016590
PMCPMC12536903

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