Research Article
Lifetime Traumatic Experiences and Disordered Eating among University Students: The Role of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Table 1
Associations between TEs, PTS symptoms, and DE.
| | Total | PTS symptoms | DE | | % | | % | | | % | |
| DE | | | | | | | | | No | 564 | 91.9 | | | | | | | Yes | 50 | 8.1 | | | | | | | PTS symptoms | | | | | | | | | No | 446 | 72.6 | | | | 24 | 48.0 | | Yes | 168 | 27.4 | | | | 26 | 52.0 | <0.0001 | Sex | | | | | | | | | Boys | 182 | 29.6 | 36 | 19.8 | | 10 | 5.5 | | Girls | 432 | 70.4 | 132 | 30.6 | 0.006 | 40 | 9.3 | 0.119 | Lifetime TEs | | | | | | | | | No | 160 | 26.1 | 28 | 17.5 | | 10 | 6.3 | | Yes | 454 | 73.9 | 140 | 30.8 | <0.001 | 40 | 8.8 | 0.309 | Traffic accident | 126 | 20.5 | 50 | 39.7 | <0.001 | 12 | 9.5 | 0.525 | Other serious accident | 76 | 12.4 | 26 | 34.2 | 0.152 | 10 | 13.2 | 0.088 | Threats of being beaten | 40 | 6.5 | 16 | 40.0 | 0.064 | 4 | 10.0 | 0.567 | Pregnancy/abortion | 14 | 2.3 | 8 | 57.1 | 0.011 | 0 | 0 | 0.260 | Physical assault | 50 | 8.1 | 22 | 44.0 | 0.006 | 10 | 20.0 | <0.001 | Absence of a parent | 90 | 14.7 | 40 | 44.4 | <0.0001 | 8 | 8.9 | 0.780 | Seriously injured | 48 | 7.8 | 30 | 62.5 | <0.0001 | 6 | 12.5 | 0.250 | Death of someone close | 132 | 21.5 | 32 | 24.2 | 0.364 | 14 | 10.6 | 0.243 | Serious illness | 80 | 13.0 | 36 | 45.0 | <0.0001 | 6 | 7.5 | 0.822 | Rape | 10 | 1.6 | 10 | 100.0 | <0.0001 | 6 | 60.0 | <0.0001 | Sexual harassment | 14 | 2.3 | 12 | 85.7 | <0.0001 | 6 | 42.9 | <0.0001 | Divorce | 76 | 12.4 | 38 | 50.0 | <0.0001 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.061 | Attempted suicide | 16 | 2.6 | 8 | 50.0 | 0.040 | 0 | 0 | 0.228 | Witnessed other people being injured or killed | 18 | 2.9 | 10 | 55.6 | 0.006 | 2 | 11.1 | 0.640 | Bullying | 14 | 2.3 | 4 | 28.6 | 0.918 | 4 | 28.6 | <0.005 | Near drowning | 84 | 13.7 | 30 | 35.7 | 0.065 | 16 | 19.0 | <0.0001 | Robbery/theft | 28 | 4.6 | 8 | 28.6 | 0.883 | 6 | 21.4 | 0.009 | Personal serious health problem | 44 | 7.2 | 22 | 50.0 | <0.0001 | 6 | 13.6 | 0.167 | Childhood emotional abuse | 84 | 13.7 | 34 | 40.5 | 0.004 | 10 | 11.9 | 0.175 | Childhood physical abuse | 10 | 1.6 | 2 | 20.0 | 0.599 | 2 | 20.0 | 0.167 | Severe childhood neglect | 12 | 2.0 | 8 | 66.7 | 0.002 | 4 | 33.3 | <0.001 |
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Note. calculated in chi-squared test; PTS symptoms: posttraumatic stress symptoms; DE: disordered eating; TEs: traumatic events. |