Effect of Childhood Traumas on Eating Disorders: Systematic Review

Year 2023, Volume: 15 Issue: 4, 652 - 664, 25.12.2023

Evşen Örge , Eliz Volkan

https://doi.org/10.18863/pgy.1216836

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This systematic review is aimed at evaluating the relationship between eating disorders (ED) such as anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), binge eating disorder (BED), a controversial and new concept in recent years; orthorexia nervosa (ON) and childhood traumas (CT). The purpose of this review is to systematically examine whether CT (emotional-physical-sexual abuse and emotional-physical neglect) has any impact on the development of the ED (anorexia-bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa) in line with the literature. In this review, Turkish and English articles/dissertations published between 1990 and 2022 in the academic databases of Ebscohost, Proquest Dissertations, Science Direct, Google Scholar and PsycINFO were used to examine the effect of CT on the development of ED. Childhood traumas, eating disorders, aneroxia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, orthorexia nervosa, childhood traumas and childhood traumas and eating disorders, childhood traumas and orthorexia nervosa were used as keywords. From the articles/dissertations reached, those who did not have an efficacy study of childhood traumas on eating disorders/orthorexia nervosa and those published before 1990 and after 2022 were not included in the review. Each selected study focused on information on the effects of childhood trauma types on eating disorders and orthorexia nervosa. In line with the determined criteria, the methods, findings and results of the studies of 21 articles/dissertations were explained. It was determined that the types of CT (emotional, physical, sexual abuse and physical and emotional neglect) directly or indirectly predicted ED and were effective on the development of ED, but no effect on ON was observed. This conclusion sheds light on the need to increase studies on ON.

Keywords

Childhood traumas, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, eating disorder

Çocukluk Çağı Travmalarının Yeme Bozukluklarına Etkisi: Sistematik Derleme

Abstract

Bu sistematik derleme anoreksiya nervoza (AN), bulimiya nervoza (BN), tıkınırcasına yeme bozukluğu (TYB) ve son yıllarda tartışmalı ve yeni bir kavram olan ortoreksiya nervoza (ON) gibi yeme bozukluklarının çocukluk çağı travmaları (ÇÇT) ile ilişkisini değerlendiren çalışmalar ele alınmıştır. Bu taramanın amacı; ÇÇT (duygusal-fiziksel-cinsel istismar ve duygusal-fiziksel ihmal) yeme bozuklarına (YB) (anoreksiya-bulimiya nervoza, tıkınırcasına yeme bozukluğu, ortoreksiya nervoza) sebep olup olmadığını yapılan çalışmalar doğrultusunda sistematik olarak incelemektir. Bu çalışmada ÇÇT ile YB ve tutumlarını etkisini incelemek için Ebscohost, Proquest Dissertations, Science Direct, Google Scholar ve PsycINFO akademik veri tabanlarında 1990 ile 2022 yılları arasında yayınlanan Türkçe ve İngilizce makaleler/tezler taranmıştır. Taramada çocukluk çağı travmaları (Chilhood Traumas), yeme bozuklukları (Eating Disorders), aneroksiya nervoza (Anorexia Nervosa), bulimiya nervoza (Bulimia Nervosa), tıkınırcasına yeme bozukluğu (Binge Eating Disorder), ortoreksiya nervoza (Orthorexia Nervosa), çocukluk çağı travmaları ve yeme bozuklukları (Childhood Traumas and Eating Disorders), çocukluk çağı travmaları ve ortoreksiya nervoza (Childhood Traumas and Orthorexia Nervosa) anahtar kelimeleri kullanılmıştır. Ulaşılan makalelerden/tezlerden çocukluk çağı travmalarının yeme bozukluklarına/ortoreksiya nervozaya etkililik çalışması olmayanlar ve 1990 öncesindekiler araştırmaya dahil edilmemiştir. Ele alınan her bir araştırmada çocukluk çağı travma türlerinin yeme bozuklukluklarına ve ortoreksiya nervozaya etkilerine dair bilgilere odaklanılmıştır. Belirlenen kriterler doğrultusunda 21 makale/ tez ait çalışmaların yöntemlerine, bulgularına ve sonuçlarına odaklanılmıştır. ÇÇT’nin türlerinin (duygusal, fiziksel, cinsel istismar ve fiziksel ve duygusal ihmal) doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak YB’yi yordadığı ve YB’nin gelişimi üzerinde etkili olduğu belirlenmiş fakat ON üzerine bir etkisi tespit edilememiştir. Bu durum ON üzerine çalışmaların arttırılması gerektiğine ışık tutmaktadır.

Keywords

Çocukluk çağı travmaları, aneroksiya nervoza, bulimiya nervoza, yeme bozuklukları

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