Associations between childhood maltreatment latent classes and eating disorder symptoms in a nationally representative sample of young adults in the United States.

CONCLUSIONS: This study provides evidence that distinct childhood maltreatment profiles are differentially associated with eating disorder symptoms. Individuals exposed to multi-type childhood maltreatment may be at particularly high risk for eating disorders. PMID: 31546098 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Child Abuse and Neglect - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: Child Abuse Negl Source Type: research