Prediction of eating attitudes based on childhood trauma with the mediating role of anxiety sensitivity and body dissatisfaction in college students

The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating roles of anxiety sensitivity and body dissatisfaction in the relationship between childhood trauma and eating attitudes in college students. This correlational and path analysis research included students aged ۱۸ to ۲۵ years from Kharazmi University of Tehran, studying in the second semester of the ۱۴۰۲ academic year. A total of ۴۲۲ students were selected by convenience sampling. The research instruments included the ۲۶-item version of Garner et al.'s eating attitude test (۱۹۸۲), the revised anxiety sensitivity index of Taylor and Cox (۱۹۹۸), the body shape questionnaire of Cooper et al. (۱۹۸۷), and the childhood trauma questionnaire of Bernstein et al. (۲۰۰۳). The findings indicated a good fit between the data and the model. The results showed that there is a direct and significant relationship between childhood trauma, anxiety sensitivity and body dissatisfaction with eating attitudes. Also, childhood trauma have a direct and significant relationship with anxiety sensitivity and body dissatisfaction. In addition, anxiety sensitivity has a direct and significant relationship with body dissatisfaction. Also, body dissatisfaction and anxiety sensitivity play a mediating role in the relationship between childhood trauma and eating attitudes.

کلیدواژه ها:

Anxiety sensitivity ، Body dissatisfaction ، Childhood trauma ، Eating attitudes ، آسیب های دوران کودکی ، حساسیت اضطرابی ، نارضایتی از بدن ، نگرش خوردن