The relationship between eating habits and life satisfaction&childhood traumas of female university students

In this study, the relationship of eating attitudes to childhood trauma and life satisfaction was investigated in girls who were studying at university. The study included 268 female students studying at various state and foundation universities in Istanbul. Eating Attitudes Test, Childhood Trauma Scale and Life Satisfaction Scale were administered to the students with sociodemographic information form. According to the findings obtained from the research, childhood traumas have a significant effect on eating attitudes and life satisfaction. Emotional abuse, physical abuse, emotional neglect and sexual abuse from childhood traumas increase the level of eating disorders; emotional abuse, physical neglect and emotional neglect reduce the level of life satisfaction.