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.

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Harvard

Elsenburg, LK, Liefbroer, AC, van Eeden, AE, Hoek, HW, Oldehinkel, AJ & Smidt, N 2023, 'Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Body Mass Index in Young Adulthood: Mediated by Depression and Anxiety?', Child Maltreatment, vol. 28, no. 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595221092946

APA

Elsenburg, L. K., Liefbroer, A. C., van Eeden, A. E., Hoek, H. W., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Smidt, N. (2023). Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Body Mass Index in Young Adulthood: Mediated by Depression and Anxiety? Child Maltreatment, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595221092946

Vancouver

Elsenburg LK, Liefbroer AC, van Eeden AE, Hoek HW, Oldehinkel AJ, Smidt N. Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Body Mass Index in Young Adulthood: Mediated by Depression and Anxiety? Child Maltreatment. 2023;28(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595221092946

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Elsenburg, Leonie K. ; Liefbroer, Aart C. ; van Eeden, Annelies E. ; Hoek, Hans W. ; Oldehinkel, Albertine J. ; Smidt, Nynke. / Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Body Mass Index in Young Adulthood : Mediated by Depression and Anxiety?. In: Child Maltreatment. 2023 ; Vol. 28, No. 2.

Bibtex

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title = "Relationship Between Childhood Abuse and Body Mass Index in Young Adulthood: Mediated by Depression and Anxiety?",
abstract = "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",
keywords = "childhood abuse, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, body mass index, young adulthood",
author = "Elsenburg, {Leonie K.} and Liefbroer, {Aart C.} and {van Eeden}, {Annelies E.} and Hoek, {Hans W.} and Oldehinkel, {Albertine J.} and Nynke Smidt",
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RIS

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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

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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

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