Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in trans people: a systematic review of the literature

Jones, BA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8872-5847, Haycraft, E, Murjan, S and Arcelus, J, 2016. Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in trans people: a systematic review of the literature. International Review of Psychiatry, 28 (1), pp. 81-94. ISSN 0954-0261

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Abstract

Body dissatisfaction plays a prominent role in gender dysphoria. Body dissatisfaction, in some individuals, appears to manifest disordered eating in order to supress bodily features of natal gender and accentuate features of gender identity. To date, there has been no systematic review of the literature pertaining to body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in trans individuals. Such a review may highlight important implications for clinicians working with trans people. Therefore, the aim was to critically and systematically review the available literature examining body dissatisfaction or disordered eating in a trans population, and also the literature pertaining to how body dissatisfaction and disordered eating are related in trans people. This review found three studies that explored disordered eating in trans people, five studies that explored body image and disordered eating in trans people, and 18 studies that explored body image in trans people. The findings from this review suggest that body dissatisfaction is core to the distress trans people experience and that this dissatisfaction may also put some individuals at risk of developing disordered eating. Additionally, the findings appear to suggest that gender dysphoria treatment is successful at increasing body satisfaction and improving body image. The clinical implications are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal article
Alternative Title:	Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in trans people [running head]
Publication Title:	International Review of Psychiatry
Creators:	Jones, B.A., Haycraft, E., Murjan, S. and Arcelus, J.
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Date:	2016
Volume:	28
Number:	1
ISSN:	0954-0261
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3109/09540261.2015.1089217 DOI
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	21 Jan 2019 09:59
Last Modified:	21 Jan 2019 09:59
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/35619

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