Child and adolescent maltreatment patterns and risk of eating disorder behaviors developing in young adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child maltreatment may be an important risk factor for eating disorder (ED) behaviors. However, most previous research has been limited to clinical, female, and cross-sectional samples, and has not adequately accounted for complex abuse patterns.

Objective

To determine whether women and men with distinct patterns of child and adolescent maltreatment have higher risks of developing ED behaviors in young adulthood than individuals with a low probability of maltreatment.

Participants and setting

Data came from 7010 U.S. women and men (95% White) in the Growing Up Today Study, a prospective, community-based cohort study (14 waves between 1996 and 2016).

Methods

We used a previously created maltreatment variable that was empirically derived using latent c

SUBMITTER: Ziobrowski HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8493560 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature