Çakar,M.Arslan,S.2024-05-252024-05-2520231304-75822148-015X10.24323/akademik-gida.12740252-s2.0-85162802732https://doi.org/10.24323/akademik-gida.1274025https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/1707https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/en/yayin/detay/1161642Emotional eating is defined as a tendency that occurs in response to emotional states related to individual and environmental factors. While emotional states such as anxiety, anger, and depression generally reduce appetite, individuals with emotional eating behavior may exhibit binge eating behaviors when they experience similar emotional situations. The social physique anxiety of individuals is affected depending on eating behavior. Social anxiety surrounding general appearance, including body shape, also means fear of negative evaluation by others. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between social physique anxiety and emotional eating behavior among university students. For this purpose, after collecting personal information from 370 university students, data were obtained by using Social Anxiety and Dutch Eating Behavior scales. The SPSS program was used for the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests, nonparametric tests, and the Pearson correlation test was used for correlation analysis. P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Among individuals (216 females and 154 males) with a mean age of 21.93±2.23, personal factors such as the place of residence and individual, smoking and alcohol use, and parental education status had an effect on eating behavior and / or social physique anxiety. In terms of social physical anxiety and emotional nutrition, emotional eating behavior increased in those individuals who were disturbed by their physical appearance and who showed eating behavior due to external stimuli related to food. Psychological or dietitian-assisted approach of individuals is recommended because emotional eating behavior is expected to be evaluated physically by the environment negatively and they restrict themselves with the fear of gaining weight. Eating disorders’ scales can be included in future studies, and behavioral and anxiety approaches can be clarified in terms of eating disorders. Copyright © 2023 The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.trinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEmotional eating behaviorExternal eating behaviorRestrictive eating behaviorSocial physical anxietyBeslenme Ve DiyetetikPsikolojiArticle0