Emotional dysregulation in childhood and disordered eating and self-harm in adolescence: prospective associations and mediating pathways.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emotional dysregulation may be a risk factor for disordered eating and self-harm in young people, but few prospective studies have assessed these associations long-term, or considered potential mediators. We examined prospective relationships between childhood emotional dysregulation and disordered eating and self-harm in adolescence; and social cognition, emotional recognition, and being bullied as mediators.

Methods

We analysed Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children data on 3,453 males and 3,481 females. We examined associations between emotional dysregulation at 7 years and any disordered eating and any self-harm at 16 years with probit regression models. We also assessed whether social cognition (7 years), emotional recognition (8 years) and bullying

SUBMITTER: Warne N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10152493 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature