TY  - JOUR
T1  - Relationship Between Emotional Eating and Stress Levels in Pregnant Women and Affecting Factors
TT  - Gebelerde Duygusal Yeme ve Stres Düzeyi Arasındaki İlişki ve Etkileyen Faktörler
AU  - Yüksel, Rüveyda
AU  - Dündar, Tuğba
PY  - 2025
DA  - August
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.29058/mjwbs.1621582
JF  - Medical Journal of Western Black Sea
JO  - Med J West Black Sea
PB  - Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2822-4302
SP  - 205
EP  - 213
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Aim: Correlations between emotional eating and stress during pregnancy and related factors were examined in the present study.Material and Methods: An analytical-cross-sectional study design was employed. Two hundred and eighty-two women with pregnancy inthe third trimester visiting a public hospital for follow-up made up the sample. The Emotional Eating Scale, the Tilburg Pregnancy DistressScale, and a questionnaire form were instruments to collect data. Kruskal-Wallis test, Independent samples t-test, descriptive statisticalanalyses, one-way ANOVA, and Mann-Whitney U test were the methods of data analysis Results: Among women with pregnancy, one-third experienced their first pregnancy, and most had completed primary school. An importantcorrelation was detected between participants’ emotional eating and education levels. Those who slept six hours or less during pregnancyand those who did not engage in at least thirty minutes of sports three days a week exhibited higher distress levels. Additionally, 43.3% of thewomen with pregnancy did not change their meal count during this period, while 41.5% ate due to emotions rather than hunger, indicatingthat eating habits influenced their mental state. All reasons for eating among women with pregnancy were found to impact their emotionaleating. A significant positive correlation was observed between the two scales (p=0.007).Conclusion: A difference was detected between the characteristics of the women with pregnancy and stress and emotional eating tendencies.As their distress increased, the level of their emotional eating increased as well. It can be recommended that women with pregnancy receivestress management training, nutritional counseling, and psychological support, and be encouraged to do physical activity
KW  - Emotional eating
KW  - pregnant
KW  - stress
N2  - Amaç: Gebelikte duygusal yeme ve stres arasındaki ilişkiyi ve bu ilişkiyi etkileyen faktörleri ele almaktır.Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma analitik-kesitsel tipte bir araştırmadır. Araştırmanın örneklemini kamuya bağlı bir hastanede izlenen 3.trimesterdeki 282 gebe oluşturdu. Araştırmada anket formu, Duygusal Yeme Ölçeği ve Tilburg Gebelikte Distres Ölçeği kullanıldı.Veriler,tanımlayıcı istatistiksel analizler, Bağımsız Örneklem t Testi, Tek Yönlü Varyans Analizi, Kruskal Wallis ve Mann Whitney U Testi’yledeğerlendirildi.Bulgular: Gebelerin üçte biri ilk gebeliğini yaşamaktaydı, çoğunlukla ilköğretim düzeyinde eğitime sahiplerdi. Katılımcıların duygusal yemedüzeyleriyle eğitim düzeyi arasında anlamlı farklılık olduğu, gebeliği sırasında 6 saat ve daha az uyuyanlar ile haftada en az 3 gün 30 dk. sporyapmayanların distreslerinin yüksek olduğu görüldü. Gebelerin %43.3’ünün öğün sayısında değişiklik olmadığı, %41.5’inin gebelik sırasındaaçlık dışında duyguları nedeniyle de yemek yediği, yeme alışkanlıklarının ruhsal durumu üzerinde etkili olduğu belirlendi. Gebelerin tümyemek yeme sebepleri duygusal yemeleri üzerinde etkiliydi. İki ölçek arasında pozitif yönlü anlamlılık olduğu saptandı (p=0.007).Sonuç: Gebelerin kişisel özellikleriyle stres ve duygusal yeme eğilimleri arasında fark olup, gebelerde distres arttıkça duygusal yeme düzeyiatmaktadır. Gebelere stres yönetimi eğitimleri, beslenme danışmanlığı, psikolojik destek verilmesi ve fiziksel aktivite konusunda teşvikedilmeleri önerilebilir.
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