“Hate Your Current Body, But Not Yourself”: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Dieting Behaviors, Body Ideals and Self-Criticism Among Queer Men Through Online Forums

Harvey Regan; Michael Mantzios; Rebecca Keyte; Helen Egan

doi:10.1080/00918369.2025.2485153

“Hate Your Current Body, But Not Yourself”: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Dieting Behaviors, Body Ideals and Self-Criticism Among Queer Men Through Online Forums

Harvey Regan^*
, Michael Mantzios
, Rebecca Keyte
, Helen Egan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Psychology and Counselling

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Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Homosexuality
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2025.2485153
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 27 Mar 2025

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body acceptance
body image
dieting
eating
Gay men
self-compassion
self-criticism

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