ArticlePeerJ2021
Eating for numbing: a community-based study of trauma exposure, emotion dysregulation, dissociation, body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptoms.
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- Introducing the Diathesis-Compassion Layered Care Model (DCLCM): an IPA study of dissociation and complex trauma in eating disorders in Iran.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- From shared mechanisms to treatment gaps: a review of the comorbidity between eating disorders and PTSD.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
- Assessing schema modes for eating disorders and their association with personality traits: validation of the English version of the short form of the schema modes inventory for eating disorders (EN-SMI-ED-SF).Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Identifying Active Ingredients of the Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Disordered Eating in Youth.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Community Violence Exposure and Eating Disorder Symptoms among Belgian, Russian and US Adolescents: Cross-Country and Gender Perspectives.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Emotional regulation and body dissatisfaction: the mediating role of anger in young adult women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Multiple perspectives and dialogue in understanding experiences of living with eating disorders: Two narratives-four unpackings.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Dissociation and Suicidality in Eating Disorders: The Mediating Function of Body Image Disturbances, and the Moderating Role of Depression and Anxiety.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study tests the relationship between eating disorder (ED) symptoms and trauma exposure. The mechanisms
methodA community sample of 229 (16.2% male) participants, with a mean age of 29.08 ± 10.68 reported online on traumatic events (Life Events Checklist), dissociation (Dissociative Experiences Scale-II), emotional dysregulation (Difficulties in Emotional Regulation Scale), ED symptoms (Eating Disorders Examination-Questionnaire) and BD (Figure Rating Scale).
resultsParticipants reported experiencing a mean of 2.87 ± 2.27 traumatic events, with a relatively high percentage (~86%) reporting at least one. The most commonly reported traumatic events were transportation accidents and physical assault. Although frequency of traumatic events did not directly predict ED symptoms, BMI, dissociation, emotional dysregulation and BD did. An SEM model showed that traumatic events predicted ED symptoms indirectly through dissociation, emotional dysregulation and BMI. Dissociation and emotional dysregulation predicted ED symptoms directly. BMI also moderated the association between traumatic events and both ED symptoms and BD.
conclusionsTherapists treating patients with high BMI or obesity should be aware of these relationships and investigate the possibility that trauma and/or PTSD may underlie the presenting disordered eating or eating disorder.
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