Comparison of Emotion Regulation Strategies in University Students with and without Food Addiction

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of the present study is to compare the emotion regulation strategies in university students with and without food addiction.
Material and Methods: 214 university students were included in the study. Each participant completed Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), Difficulties of Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) and a sociodemographic form. The body mass index (BMI) of each participant was calculated by dividing the body weight by the square of the height in meters.
Results: %18.7 of the participants (n=40) met the diagnostic criteria of food addiction according to the YFAS. The frequency of food addiction in male participants was statistically higher than female participants (p=0.006). Non-acceptance, strategies and impulses subscales scores of DERS were statistically higher in participants with food addiction than those without food addiction (p=0.005; p<0.001 and p=0.048 respectively). There were correlations between number of food addiction criteria and strategies subscale score and DERS total score (r=.41 and r=.36 respectively).
Conclusion: It can be said that individuals with food addiction experience more difficulty in emotion regulation

Keywords

• addiction
• food addiction
• emotion regulation
• university students

Yeme Bağımlılığı Olan ve Olmayan Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Duygu Düzenleme Stratejilerinin Karşılaştırılması

Öz

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, yeme bağımlılığı olan ve olmayan üniversite öğrencilerinin duygu düzenleme stratejilerini karşılaştırmaktır.
Materyal ve Metot: Araştırmanın örneklemini 214 üniversite öğrencisi oluşturdu. Her katılımcı Yale Yeme Bağımlılığı Ölçeği (YYBÖ), Duygu Düzenleme Güçlüğü Ölçeği (DDGÖ) ve sosyodemografik formu doldurdu. Her katılımcının vücut kitle indeksi (VKİ) vücut ağırlığının, boyunun metre cinsinden karesine bölünmesiyle hesaplandı.
Bulgular: Katılımcıların %18.7’si (n=40) YYBÖ’ye göre yeme bağımlılığı tanı kriterlerini karşıladı. Erkek katılımcılarda yeme bağımlılığı yaygınlığı kadın katılımcılara göre daha yüksekti (p=0,006). DDGÖ kabul etmeme, stratejiler ve dürtüler alt ölçek puanları, yeme bağımlılığı olanlarda yeme bağımlılığı olmayanlara göre istatistiksel olarak daha yüksekti (sırasıyla p=0,005; p<0,001 ve p=0,048). Yeme bağımlılığı ölçüt sayısı ve stratejiler alt ölçek puanı ile DDGÖ toplam puanı (sırasıyla r=.41 ve r=.36) arasında pozitif yönde ilişki saptandı.
Sonuç: Bu çalışmanın bulgularına göre, yeme bağımlılığı olan bireylerin duygu düzenlemede daha fazla zorluk yaşadıkları söylenebilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• bağımlılık
• yeme bağımlılığı
• duygu düzenleme
• üniversite öğrencileri

Kaynakça

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