The effect of childhood trauma on nutritional habits

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of childhood trauma on the effect of nutritional habits. The sample of the study consists of individuals who applied to the nutrition counseling center in Bakırköy district of Istanbul province. Each participants in this study answered the questions in the Sociodemographic Information Form and the Nutritional Habits Information Form, the Childhood Trauma Scale (CTQ) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSI). Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum were used in the analysis of the data. Parametric tests were used to analyze the data. The independent sample t test was used to compare the means of two independent groups, and one-way analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA) test was used to compare the means of more than two independent groups. Chi-square relationship test was used in the correlation analysis of two categorical independent variables, Cronbach's alpha coefficient in reliability analysis of scales, Pearson correlation test for correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis was used for regression analysis. According to the results of the study, emotional abuse is effective on individuals who do not have breakfast every day, physical abuse effective on the disturbance of the current weight in terms of health and individuals who do not have breakfast for every day, and sexual abuse effective on the individuals who are disturbed by their own image when they look in the mirror. According to the other result obtained in the study, it has found that childhood traumas have an effect on self-esteem. The findings obtained in the study were discussed in line with the literature.