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Emotional eating: Really hungry or just angry?
Ayfer Ekim1, Ayse Ferda Ocakci2
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, 52968Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Summary
Parenting styles and academic self-efficacy significantly impact adolescent emotional eating. Understanding these factors is key to developing effective coping strategies for emotional eating behaviors.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Adolescent Health
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Emotional eating is a complex behavior in adolescents.
- Parenting styles and academic self-efficacy are potential influencing factors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between parenting styles, academic self-efficacy, and emotional eating in adolescents.
- To identify predictors of emotional eating behaviors in a young population.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study with 584 adolescents (ages 12-17).
- Utilized Emotional Eating Scale for Child and Adolescent, Parenting Style Scale, and Academic Self-efficacy Scale.
- Statistical analysis to determine predictive relationships.
Main Results:
- Adolescent emotional eating was higher in girls and unrelated to BMI.
- Parenting styles and academic self-efficacy explained 34% of emotional eating variance.
- Negligent parenting correlated positively with emotional eating; permissive and democratic styles correlated negatively.
- Increased academic self-efficacy was associated with decreased emotional eating.
Conclusions:
- Parenting styles and academic self-efficacy are significant determinants of adolescent emotional eating.
- Effective intervention programs should address these multifactorial influences.
- Targeting parenting practices and enhancing academic self-efficacy may mitigate emotional eating.
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