Abstract
Negative emotions effect to psychology and lead to eating disorders. Emotional eating occurs in response to negative emotional states. Hotel employees who have high workload and stress levels they are constantly exposed to food as part of their work processes. The research aims to measure the effect of hotel employees’ psychological resilience on emotional eating behavior. The survey method was used in the study. The preliminary research was conducted with 200 participants and the final research with 410 participants. Participants were selected from individuals who working different departments of four-star and five-star hotels in Istanbul. Data were analyzed with regression analyses. As a result, it was found that self-perception, future perception, and social resources, which are the sub-dimensions of psychological resilience, had a statistically significant and negative effect on emotional eating. Also, no statistically significant effect of family cohesion and social competence, which are the other sub-dimensions of psychological resilience, on emotional eating was detected. The research is expected to contribute theoretically to the interdisciplinary literature in the fields of tourism, gastronomy, nutrition and psychology. In addition, practical contributions to hotel sector employees in terms of physiological and psychological aspects are aimed.
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Details
| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Social Psychology |
| Journal Section | 2024 4/2 (October) |
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| Publication Date | October 31, 2024 |
| Submission Date | August 8, 2024 |
| Acceptance Date | September 26, 2024 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2024 Volume: 4 Issue: 2 |
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