This research aims to explore how racial trauma affects eating behaviors and cognitions in Black college students with prior trauma exposure.
Analyzed eating behavior patterns and cognitions among Black college students with trauma exposure.
Assessed emotional and restrained eating behaviors related to experiences of racial trauma.
Higher levels of racial trauma correlate with increased emotional eating behaviors in the participants.
Participants with a trauma history exhibited maladaptive eating patterns and related negative cognitions.
Abstract
Findings suggest racial trauma may be associated with increased engagement in emotional and restrained eating behavior and related cognitions in Black college students with a trauma history.