The examination of the body image and childhood trauma in women diagnosed with anorexia nervoza

The main purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a meaningful relation between body image and childhood trauma on women received anorexia nervosa. The other purpose is to investigate the relation between socio-demographic factor and childhood trauma with body image. 60 women were participated for this study, 30 of those are of anorexia nervosa diagnosis group and the other 30 of those are of healthy control group. In this research, methods used are listed as follows Personal Information Form for stating personal information developed by the researcher, Body Mass Index (BMI) for obtaining mass-height ratio, "Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire (MBSRQ)" for determining the level of perceiving their body and "Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ-28) for determining the situation of being neglected and abused in childhood. Data is obtained by SPSS 22.0. According to the result of this research, a strong and meaningful link is found between body image disorder and childhood trauma. In the consideration of relation between socio-demographic factors and childhood trauma with body image disorder; in the group of over the age of 25, sexual abuse factor score is found to be meaningfully greater than the group of under the age of 25. In the group of associate degree or lower level educated people, physical neglect factor score is found meaningfully greater than undergraduate and upper level of education. It is found that having a child and weight satisfaction show no meaningful relations with childhood trauma and body image. In the consideration of relation between body image disorder and childhood trauma; it is found that there is meaningful relation between body image disorder and emotional neglect factor score. Key Words: Anorexia Nervosa, Body Image, Childhood Traumas, Woman