Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Body Mass Index in Young Adulthood: Mediated by Depression and Anxiety?
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Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Body Mass Index in Young Adulthood : Mediated by Depression and Anxiety? / Elsenburg, Leonie K.; Liefbroer, Aart C.; van Eeden, Annelies E.; Hoek, Hans W.; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Smidt, Nynke.
In: Child Maltreatment, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Body Mass Index in Young Adulthood
T2 - Mediated by Depression and Anxiety?
AU - Elsenburg, Leonie K.
AU - Liefbroer, Aart C.
AU - van Eeden, Annelies E.
AU - Hoek, Hans W.
AU - Oldehinkel, Albertine J.
AU - Smidt, Nynke
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - We examined whether childhood abuse is related to body mass index (BMI) in young adults and whether this relationship is mediated by depression and anxiety. Data are from the Dutch longitudinal cohort study TRAILS (nfemales = 836, nmales = 719). At wave 4, childhood sexual, physical and verbal abuse, and lifetime major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were assessed. BMI was measured at wave 4 and 5 (mean age = 19.2/22.4 years). Sex-stratified structural equation models were estimated. Females who had experienced sexual abuse had a higher BMI at wave 4 (B = 0.97, 95%CI = [−0.01,1.96]) and a higher increase in BMI between wave 4 and 5 (B = 0.52, 95%CI = [0.04,1.01]) than females who had not experienced sexual abuse. Additionally, MDD and BMI at wave 4 were related in females (B = 1.35, 95%CI = [0.52,2.18]). MDD mediated the relationship between sexual abuse and BMI at wave 4 in females. In addition, sexual abuse moderated the relationship between MDD and BMI at wave 4. The relationship was stronger among females who had experienced sexual abuse than among females who had not. Prevention of BMI changes among females who experienced sexual abuse may thus be warranted, particularly when they developed MDD. MDD treatment, such as abuse-focused psychotherapy, may aid this prevention
AB - We examined whether childhood abuse is related to body mass index (BMI) in young adults and whether this relationship is mediated by depression and anxiety. Data are from the Dutch longitudinal cohort study TRAILS (nfemales = 836, nmales = 719). At wave 4, childhood sexual, physical and verbal abuse, and lifetime major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were assessed. BMI was measured at wave 4 and 5 (mean age = 19.2/22.4 years). Sex-stratified structural equation models were estimated. Females who had experienced sexual abuse had a higher BMI at wave 4 (B = 0.97, 95%CI = [−0.01,1.96]) and a higher increase in BMI between wave 4 and 5 (B = 0.52, 95%CI = [0.04,1.01]) than females who had not experienced sexual abuse. Additionally, MDD and BMI at wave 4 were related in females (B = 1.35, 95%CI = [0.52,2.18]). MDD mediated the relationship between sexual abuse and BMI at wave 4 in females. In addition, sexual abuse moderated the relationship between MDD and BMI at wave 4. The relationship was stronger among females who had experienced sexual abuse than among females who had not. Prevention of BMI changes among females who experienced sexual abuse may thus be warranted, particularly when they developed MDD. MDD treatment, such as abuse-focused psychotherapy, may aid this prevention
KW - childhood abuse
KW - major depressive disorder
KW - generalized anxiety disorder
KW - body mass index
KW - young adulthood
U2 - 10.1177/10775595221092946
DO - 10.1177/10775595221092946
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35655122
VL - 28
JO - Child Maltreatment
JF - Child Maltreatment
SN - 1077-5595
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 311716908