Childhood maltreatment, shame, psychological distress, and binge eating: testing a serial mediational model

Table 1 Participant demographics

	N = 530	%
Gender
Female	408	76.70
Male	70	13.21
Non-binary	48	9.06
Prefer not to say	4	0.75
Highest level of education completed
Secondary school	186	35.09
Bachelor’s degree	183	34.53
Postgraduate degree	72	13.58
Certificate/diploma	42	7.92
Some school	33	6.23
Doctorate	14	2.64
Ethnicity
White	403	76.04
Asian	45	8.49
Multiple	34	6.42
Other/prefer not to say/do not know	29	5.47
Black	10	1.89
Hispanic	9	1.70
Country of residence
United States of America	262	49.43
Australia	86	16.23
Other/prefer not to say	78	14.72
United Kingdom	43	8.11
Canada	36	6.79
Germany	15	2.83
New Zealand	10	1.89
Childhood maltreatment
Childhood emotional neglect	347	65.47
Childhood emotional abuse	310	58.49
Childhood physical abuse	209	39.43
Childhood sexual abuse	174	32.83
Childhood physical neglect	97	18.30

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