Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between perceived stress and emotional eating behavior in adolescents and to identify various factors that influence emotional eating behavior.Materials and Methods: The sample for this study, designed as a descriptive and correlational research, consisted of 346 adolescents attending high schools in a province in Turkey’s Central Anatolia Region. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews using the Sociodemographic Data Form, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ-TR). The IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 29.0 software was used to analyze the data.Results: 60.7% of the adolescents were girls, with a mean age of 16.11 ± 0.89 years. Female adolescents had significantly higher scores for perceived stress and emotional eating (p < 0.05). Adolescents who perceived themselves as overweight and were dissatisfied with their weight had higher emotional eating scores (p
Authors: Edanur Tar Bolacalı, Gökçe Demir, Akile Eren
Institution: Ahi Evran University
Language: Turkish
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7223573603