A predictor of emotional eating in adolescents: Social anxiety
This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the effect of social anxiety on emotional eating in adolescents. The sample consisted of 1027 adolescents between aged 14 –18 studying in the 9-12th grades of the high schools in the Central Anatolia Region in the 2018–2019 academic year. Ethics Committee and institutional permission was obtained in this study, data were collected by a questionnaire, the Social Anxiety Scale for Children-Revised (SASC-R), and The E motional Eating Scale Adapted for Use in Children and Adolescents (EES-C).
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Emine Erdem, Ya ğmur Sezer Efe, Harun Özbey Source Type: research
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