Eating disorders are one of the most important mental disorders and their prevalence has increased in recent decades. The aim of this study was to investigate the structural model of eating disorders based on attachment styles and childhood trauma with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation. The research method is correlational using structural equations. The statistical population included all women working in hospitals in Alborz province in 2024, from which a sample of 185 people was selected using non-random sampling. Eating disorder questionnaires (Stice et al., 2000), attachment styles (Collins & Read, 1990), childhood trauma (Bernstein et al., 2003), and cognitive emotion regulation (Garnfski et al., 2002) were used. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation test and structural equation modeling with SPSS and Smart PLS software. The findings showed a significant correlation between attachment styles (secure r=-0.29, avoidant r=-0.18, and anxious/ambivalent r=-0.48) and cognitive emotion regulation (r=-0.25) with eating disorders (p<0.05). The results of the structural model also indicated that eating disorders are predicted by childhood traumas, secure attachment, and anxious/ambivalent attachment with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies had an effective mediating role in this model.
Ameri, M. , moghadam, S. and Heidari nejad, B. (2026). Structural model of eating disorders based on attachment styles and childhood traumas with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2(4), 50-33. doi: 10.22099/ebd.2026.8590
MLA
Ameri, M. , , moghadam, S. , and Heidari nejad, B. . "Structural model of eating disorders based on attachment styles and childhood traumas with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation", Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2, 4, 2026, 50-33. doi: 10.22099/ebd.2026.8590
HARVARD
Ameri, M., moghadam, S., Heidari nejad, B. (2026). 'Structural model of eating disorders based on attachment styles and childhood traumas with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation', Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2(4), pp. 50-33. doi: 10.22099/ebd.2026.8590
CHICAGO
M. Ameri , S. moghadam and B. Heidari nejad, "Structural model of eating disorders based on attachment styles and childhood traumas with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation," Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2 4 (2026): 50-33, doi: 10.22099/ebd.2026.8590
VANCOUVER
Ameri, M., moghadam, S., Heidari nejad, B. Structural model of eating disorders based on attachment styles and childhood traumas with the mediating role of cognitive emotion regulation. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2026; 2(4): 50-33. doi: 10.22099/ebd.2026.8590
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