TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - The association between bullying and eating disorders: a case-control study
JO  - International journal of eating disorders
A1  - Lie, Selma Ø.
A1  - Bulik, Cynthia M.
A1  - Andreassen, Ole A.
A1  - Rø, Øyvind
A1  - Bang, Lasse
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Childhood bullying is associated with a range of adverse mental health outcomes, and here we investigated the association between bullying exposure and eating disorders (EDs). <br><br>METHOD: In this case-control study, we compared bullying history in individuals with EDs with community controls. Participants (n = 890, mean age = 29.50 ± 10.60) completed an online self-report battery assessing bullying history and lifetime history of bulimia nervosa (BN), binge-eating disorder (BED), and anorexia nervosa (binge-eating/purging (AN-BP) or restrictive (AN-R) subtype). Logistic regressions were performed to estimate odds ratios (ORs). <br><br>RESULTS: In the combined ED sample, individuals with a history of any ED were significantly more likely than controls to have experienced bullying victimization during childhood or adolescence (ORs = 1.99-3.30), particularly verbal, indirect, and digital bullying. Bullying prior to ED onset was also significantly more common than bullying within the same time frame for controls (ORs = 1.75-2.16). Further analysis showed that these effects were due to individuals with BN or BED reporting significantly more lifetime (p < .001) and premorbid bullying (p =.002) than controls, while individuals in the other diagnostic subgroups did not differ significantly from controls. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Our results confirm an association between bullying and binge-eating/purging ED subtypes. Prospective studies are needed to establish bullying as a risk factor for EDs.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0276-3478
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.23522
ID  - ref1
ER  -