The correlation between anorexia nervosa and childhood traumatic experience: the mediating role of impulsivity
AN-BP patients have more significant childhood traumatic experience than AN-R patients, and difference was mainly reflected in the emotional abuse factor. Emotional abuse has established correlation with impulsivity and symptom severity in AN, with impulsivity playing a mediating role between emotional abuse and symptom severity.
Authors
- Sufang Peng
- Jue Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9924-2573)
- Yanran Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9738-6285)
- Yunling Zou
- Jing Zhang
- Qing Kang
- Mengting Wu
Institutions
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- Shanghai Mental Health Center (CN)
- Dahua Hospital (CN)
- Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Eating Disorders
- Published
- 2026-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-026-01557-2
- Primary Topic
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00