Table 5.
Probabilities of Disordered Eating Behaviors by Low/High Enacted Stigma and Presence of Protective Factors for 14–18 and 19–25 Year Old Transgender Youth
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| Behavior | High Enacted Stigma (%) | Low Enacted Stigma (%) | High Enacted Stigma (%) | Low Enacted Stigma (%) | ||||||||||
| (past year) | 0 PF | FC Only | SC Only | PFC Only | 2 PF | 0 PF | FC Only | SC Only | PFC Only | 2 PF | Low Social Support | High Social Support | Low Social Support | High Social Support |
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| Binge Eating | 71.2 | 52.8 | 59.6 | -- | 40.1 | 47.2 | 28.8 | 34.8 | -- | 19.4 | 88.2 | 54.0 | 82.2 | 42.2 |
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| Fasting | 85.0 | -- | 67.5 | 64.9 | 40.4 | 53.3 | -- | 29.5 | 27.1 | 12.0 | 82.3 | 54.5 | 74.1 | 42.5 |
| Pills | 23.9 | 5.3 | -- | 5.1 | 1.0 | 13.3 | 2.7 | -- | 2.6 | 1.0 | 73.0 | 7.2 | 58.0 | 3.8 |
| Purging | 43.1 | 8.6 | -- | 29.2 | 4.9 | 24.4 | 3.9 | -- | 15.0 | 2.1 | 73.0 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| Laxatives | 14.0 | 1.1 | 12.6 | -- | 1.0 | 10.8 | 1.0 | 9.6 | -- | 1.0 | 78.3 | 16.1 | 60.7 | 7.6 |
Note: 0 PF = No protective factors; FC Only = family connectedness only; SC Only = School connectedness only; PFC Only = perception of friends caring only; 2 PF = two protective factors present. Two dashes represent that the protective factor was not significant in the corresponding model.