Exploring the role of maternal–adult–child relationship, early maladaptive schemas, and difficulties in emotion regulation in symptoms of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder among Iranian students

Our findings suggest that ARFID symptoms is related to parental and emotional factors. EMS formed during development, along with adverse parent-child relationships and psychological factors, such as difficulty in emotion regulation, may be associated with ARFID symptoms. In addition, DER played the biggest role in predicting ARFID symptoms, fewer variables were able to predict sensory sensitivity, demographic characteristics, SEM, and DER had the biggest role in predicting the presentation lack of interest in eating or food. Effective treatment and collaborative support are essential to address ARFID.