Negative parenting styles and disordered eating: an item-level bridge network and simulation-based intervention analysis

These findings highlight that hostile, shaming parental treatments and anxious, intrusive over-involvement, intertwined with restrictive and body-image focused symptoms, constitute the core pathways linking negative parenting styles and DE. Targeting high-impact bridge nodes, rather than the full set, was sufficient to substantially weaken the connection between the parenting and DE communities. These insights provide a useful reference for developing more efficient support strategies for college students.