Life events in the etiopathogenesis and maintenance of restrictive eating disorders in adolescence

Introduction. This database includes the raw data linked with the paper “Life events in the etiopathogenesis and maintenance of restrictive eating disorders in adolescence. In this paper, we reported sociodemographic features, family history of any DSM-5 psychiatric disorder, personal history of any DSM-5 psychiatric disorder, life events, Restrictive Eating Disorder (RED) severity, and psychopathological assessment. We aimed to explore the presence of significant life events in the study population diagnosed with RED in the year prior to enrolment; to explore the relationship between the presence of life events and the severity of RED and their psychological maladjustment; to explore the relationship between the presence of traumatic and protective life events and the severity of RED and their psychological maladjustment

Methods. We enrolled 33 female adolescent patients (12-18), with a diagnosis of RED and confirmed by K-SADS, who compiled Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-3) questionnaire and Coddington Life Events Scales (CLES-A).

Results (in brief). The 87.88% of the patients reported a life event in the past year. A significant association emerged between elevated clinical General Psychological Maladjustment Composite (GPMC) and the presence of traumatic event: it shows that patients who had experienced at least one traumatic life event in the year prior to enrolment presented higher clinically elevated general psychological maladjustment compared to patients who had not.