ArticleBMC psychiatry2021
Stressful life events among individuals with a history of eating disorders: a case-control comparison.
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- An investigation of the specificity and vividness of autobiographical memories and future events produced in response to disgust-related cues among individuals with eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Mental Health After COVID-19 Death-Related Loss in Individuals With Eating Disorders: A Multi-Country Nested Matched Case-Control Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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- Trauma exposure proximity associated with eating disorder diagnosis in women with food insecurity.Appetite · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Association between Stressful Life Events and Suicidal Ideation in Adults with Major Depression Disorder: The Mediating Effects of Insomnia Symptoms.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Stressful life events and resilience in individuals with and without a history of eating disorders: a latent class analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Anorexia Nervosa in Juvenile Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE): A Causality Dilemma.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Life Events in the Etiopathogenesis and Maintenance of Restrictive Eating Disorders in Adolescence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mental health and health behaviours among patients with eating disorders: a case-control study in France.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- Trauma exposure and eating disorders: Results from a United States nationally representative sample.The International journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
- The role of sexual assault history and PTSD in responses to food intake among women with bulimic-spectrum eating disorders.Eating disordersArticle
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Abstract
backgroundExperiencing stressful life events (SLEs) can negatively impact mental health and increase risk for psychiatric disorders including eating disorders (EDs). Previous research has shown that childhood sexual abuse is associated with some EDs, but less is known about the association between other non-sexual SLEs and EDs.
methodA case-control study of individuals with (n = 495, age mean ± SD = 29.1 ± 9.8 years) and without (n = 395, age = 30.2 ± 11.7) self-reported lifetime history of EDs was conducted to compare history of self-reported SLEs. Participants reported history of sexual (e.g., rape, other sexual assault) and non-sexual (e.g., emotional abuse, assault, bereavement) life events using an adaptation of the Stressful Life Events Screening Questionnaire. Individuals with EDs were divided into ED subtypes along the restricting - binge eating/purging spectrum to examine subtype differences. Logistic regressions were conducted for each SLE and ED subtype to obtain odds ratios (ORs). We report p-values corrected for multiple comparisons.
resultsExposure to any SLE was significantly more common in individuals with EDs than in controls (OR = 2.47, p < .001). Specifically, rape, other sexual assault, and emotional abuse were significantly more common among individuals with a history of binge-eating/purging ED subtypes (ORs = 2.15-3.58, p's < .01) compared with controls. Furthermore, history of life-threatening disease and loss of a close relative/partner/friend were associated with some ED subtypes. The association between SLEs and EDs was stronger for individuals who had experienced multiple SLEs.
conclusionBy investigating a range of different SLEs, we showed that both sexual and non-sexual SLEs were more common in individuals with a history of EDs (binge-eating/purging subtypes) than controls. Results highlight the importance of assessing a variety of past SLEs in risk assessment for different EDs.
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