Emotional dysregulation in childhood and disordered eating and self‐harm in adolescence: prospective associations and mediating pathways

In males and females, emotional dysregulation in early childhood is associated with disordered eating and self-harm in adolescence and may be a useful target for prevention and treatment. Mediating pathways appeared to differ by sex and outcome, but social cognition was a key mediating pathway for both disordered eating and self-harm.