Journal of Eating Disorders

Table 2 Mean scores and standard deviation for the scales between Heterosexual and LGBQA

From: Determinants of body image disturbance and disordered eating behaviors among self-identified LGBTQ individuals

	Heterosexual		LGBQA		t (2-tailed sig)
	N	Mean ± SD	N	Mean ± SD	t (2-tailed sig)
BAS-2	159	3.74 ± 1.08	200	3.23 ± 1.02	4.59**
EDE-Q 6.0 Global Score	159	1.52 ± 1.07	200	1.99 ± 1.35	− 3.67**
Restraint Eating	159	1.47 ± 1.58	200	1.79 ± 1.79	− 1.76
Eating Concern	159	0.81 ± 0.96	200	1.36 ± 1.55	− 4.11**
Shape Concern	159	2.04 ± 1.23	200	2.51 ± 1.39	− 3.37**
Weight Concern	159	1.76 ± 1.24	200	2.30 ± 1.41	− 3.85**
GAD-2	159	1.71 ± 0.94	200	2.04 ± 0.951	− 3.28**
BFNE	159	32.6 ± 9.69	200	36.1 ± 10.66	− 5.57**
MSPSS	159	5.19 ± 1.42	200	4.72 ± 1.42	3.09**
HHRDS		N/A	200	2.48 ± 1.24	N/A

**Statistical Significance is set at the 0.01 level (2-tailed); BAS., Body Appreciation Scale; EDE-Q 6.0, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire; LGBQA., Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Asexual; GAD., Generalized Anxiety Disorder; BFNE., Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation; HHRDS., Heterosexist, Harassment, Discrimination and Rejection; MSPSS., Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support; N/A, not applicable

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