Self-Reported traumatic experiences and dissociative symptoms in obese women with and without binge-eating disorder

Abstract

A group of 29 obese women with Binge Eating Disorder (OB-BED) and 35 obese subjects without this disorder (OB) were compared on the presence or absence of traumatic experiences and dissociative symptoms with the Dissociation Questionnaire (DIS-Q). OB-BED subjects showed significantly higher scores on two subscales of the DIS-Q (identity confusion and loss of control). They also reported significantly more traumatic experiences than the OB sample. These data further support the assumption that among eating disorder patients, both traumatic experiences and dissociative symptoms are more prevalent when patients show serious binge eating.