AUTHOR=Royer Michael F. , Cosgrove Kelly , Wharton Christopher TITLE=Absent mindfulness: mediation analyses of the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and disordered eating among young adults JOURNAL=Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry VOLUME=2 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/child-and-adolescent-psychiatry/articles/10.3389/frcha.2023.1148273 DOI=10.3389/frcha.2023.1148273 ISSN=2813-4540 ABSTRACT=
Recent evidence has indicated that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) involving abuse, neglect, and other potentially traumatic occurrences are predictive of disordered eating among young adults. Previous findings have suggested that ACEs and disordered eating were both inversely related to mindfulness. No known studies have examined the extent to which mindfulness mediates the link between ACEs and disordered eating. This study was conducted among a sample of 144 young adults in the U.S. between the ages of 18 and 26 years. Primary study variables included ACEs, mindfulness, and disordered eating. Univariate and multivariable regression analyses assessed the link between ACEs and disordered eating. Mediation analyses examined whether mindfulness mediated the link between ACEs and disordered eating. Multivariable analyses statistically adjusted for the covariates of age, sex, race/ethnicity, and income. Findings suggested ACEs were inversely related to mindfulness (