Investigating Sociodemographic Features, Childhood Trauma, Personality and Psychological Symptoms as Predictors of Emotional Eating

Authors : Nazlıcan Bektaş, Cumhur Avcil, Oğuzhan Herdi

Pages : 1-25

Doi:10.31682/ayna.1407214

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Publication Date : 2025-01-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study examined the relationship of sociodemographic variables, childhood traumas, personality traits, and psychological symptoms with emotional eating in adults. The study was conducted on a total of 382 individuals aged 18-65 years. The Turkish Emotional Eating Scale, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised Abbreviated (EPQR-A), and the Demographic Information Form were administered to the participants. Non-parametric and regression analyses were performed due to the distribution pattern. All childhood trauma subscales were found to be associated with emotional eating except for the physical neglect subscale. When the relationship between psychological symptoms and emotional eating was examined, a significant positive relationship was found. The neuroticism sub-dimension of personality traits was positively associated with emotional eating. When socio-demographic variables were analyzed, a significant relationship was found between emotional eating and gender, marital status, educational status, income status, employment status, self-image, and efforts to lose weight. It was found that BSI anxiety, self-perception, age, occupation, mental disorder, gender, height, CTQ total score, emotional abuse, and somatization variables significantly predicted emotional eating behavior, and the variables explained 40.40% of the variance. The research findings were discussed in the context of the literature.
Keywords : Duygusal Yeme, Kişilik Özellikleri, Psikolojik Belirtiler, Çocukluk Çağı Travmaları

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