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Results showed strong positive correlations between all forms of IPV\u2014including economic control, economic exploitation, psychological abuse, physical violence, emotional abuse, and harassment\u2014and all dimensions of DERS, including nonacceptance of emotions, impulse control difficulties, and limited access to emotion regulation strategies. DERS were also significantly associated with ED symptoms, such as dieting behaviors, binge eating and food preoccupation, and oral control. Longitudinal analyses revealed that ongoing exposure to IPV led to significant increases in DERS and ED symptoms over 6\u202fmonths, particularly in impulse control difficulties and limited access to regulation strategies. Changes in DERS significantly predicted corresponding changes in ED symptoms, even after controlling for baseline levels and demographic variables. Mediation analyses confirmed that DERS partially mediated the relationship between IPV and ED symptoms, highlighting the critical role of emotion regulation in this pathway. Furthermore, women exposed to multiple types of IPV exhibited significantly higher DERS and ED symptom scores compared to those exposed to a single type of violence. Structural equation modeling supported these findings, showing that exposure to IPV increases DERS, which in turn exacerbates ED symptom severity, while a partial direct effect of IPV on ED symptoms remains. 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