ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2022
Trauma exposure and eating disorders: Results from a United States nationally representative sample.
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- Non-interpersonal traumatic events in patients with eating disorders: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
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- Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance Across Gender of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Short Form in Italian Workers.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Disordered eating in office workers is correlated with trauma, stress, emotional regulation, and sleep quality: a cross-sectional screening.AIMS public health · 2026Article
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- The impact of trauma exposure on psychiatric symptoms and treatment of eating disorders in adolescents.Psychiatry research · 2025Article
- A case-control study of potentially traumatic events in Mexican individuals with eating disorders.Eating disorders · 2025Article
- Violence in Healthcare Workers Is Associated with Disordered Eating.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The impact of childhood sexual abuse and childhood traumatic events on outcome in adult inpatients with eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- A call for a trauma-informed approach during compulsory care for enduring anorexia nervosa with combined PTSD - an autoethnographic perspective.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Culturally responsive recommendations for eating disorder prevention and management for First Nations peoples in Australia: a policy scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Review
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- Traumatic Events Predict Eating Disorders Among Palestinians: The Moderating Role of Demographic Variables.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Childhood Trauma, Cognition, and Eating Psychopathology: A Network Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Does the link between posttraumatic cognitions and eating pathology depend on trauma type? The role of sexual violence.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveSexual assault, child abuse, and combat have been linked to eating disorders (EDs). However, noninterpersonal trauma is relatively understudied, and therefore it is unknown whether noninterpersonal trauma is associated with EDs. Furthermore, most previous studies do not account for multiple trauma exposures, or the relative association of traumatic events with EDs in the same statistical model.
methodMultinomial regression was used to examine the association of lifetime ED diagnosis (anorexia nervosa [AN], bulimia nervosa [BN], binge eating disorder [BED]) with trauma type (sexual interpersonal, other interpersonal, war/combat, and noninterpersonal) in a nationally representative dataset of US adults in bivariate and multivariable (i.e., with all trauma types) models.
resultsSexual interpersonal trauma was significantly positively associated with AN and BED in bivariate and multivariable models. In the multivariable model, only BED was found to be equally associated with sexual interpersonal, other interpersonal, and noninterpersonal trauma. DISCUSSION: These results indicate a strong positive association between sexual trauma and EDs, even when controlling for experiences of other trauma events. Future research should examine longitudinal mediators between trauma and EDs, especially sexual trauma, to identify what factors may explain this relationship. PUBLIC SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Individuals with eating disorders often experience traumatic events but it is unclear whether specific trauma types are more or less common in this population. This study found that only events such as rape and sexual assault are associated with anorexia nervosa, but that most trauma types are associated with binge eating disorder. Therefore, the relationship between trauma and binge eating disorder may function differently than other eating disorders.
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