Table 2. Group comparisons regarding body image disturbance facets, eating disorder and body dysmorphic disorder pathology, and everyday discrimination experiences.

Variables	Gay men (n = 112)		Heterosexual men (n = 104)		Group Comparisons
	M	SD	M	SD	T	df	p 1	Cohen’s d
Cognitive-affective body image disturbance
BAS	3.31	0.72	3.63	0.80	-3.01	214	.008	-0.42
DLS	3.85	1.13	3.78	1.04	0.48	214	.675	0.06
DTS	2.64	1.14	2.20	0.88	3.24	207.25	.005	0.43
Behavioral body image disturbance
BICSI–appearance fixing	1.37	0.58	1.07	0.52	3.99	214	< .001	0.55
BISCI–avoidance	0.83	0.57	0.66	0.50	2.23	214	.045	0.32
GNBCQ	2.06	0.70	1.98	0.64	0.87	214	.488	0.12
Overall body image disturbance
BIDQ	1.95	0.71	1.62	0.70	3.38	214	.005	0.47
EDE-Q total score	1.48	1.15	1.12	0.96	2.52	214	.033	0.34
Eating disorder pathology
EDE-Q–restraint	1.22	1.35	1.03	1.16	1.15	214	.341	0.15
EDE-Q–eating concern	0.65	1.07	0.45	0.74	1.60	198.08	.165	0.22
EDE-Q–weight concern	1.49	1.32	1.11	1.13	2.26	214	.045	0.31
EDE-Q–shape concern	2.03	1.38	1.49	1.25	3.02	214	.009	0.41
Body dysmorphic pathology
DCQ	6.60	3.90	5.39	3.97	2.26	214	.045	0.31
Everyday discrimination experiences
EDS	1.82	0.68	1.80	0.80	0.249	214	.800	0.03

Note. M = mean; SD = standard deviation; BAS = Body Appreciation Scale-2; BICSI = Body Image Coping Strategies Inventory; BIDQ = Body Image Disturbance Questionnaire; DCQ = Dysmorphic Concern Questionnaire; DLS = Drive for Leanness Scale; DTS = Drive for Thinness Scale; EDE-Q = Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire; GNBCQ = Gender-Neutral Body Checking Questionnaire; EDS = The Everyday Discrimination Scale. Significant group comparisons are in bold.

¹Benjamini-Hochberg adjusted p-values.