The relationship between eating attitudes and emotion regulation difficulties, attachment styles and impulsivity levels in university students

This study was conducted to determine the relationship between eating attitudes and emotion regulation difficulties, attachment styles, and impulsivity levels in college students. The sample consisted of 375 students who were studying in different departments at Halic University in Istanbul province. In order to obtain sociodemographic information of the university students, the Sociodemographic Information Form created by the researcher was applied. The Eating Attitude Scale, Emotion Regulation Difficulty Scale, Barratt İmpulsivity Scale and Relationship Scales Questionnaire were used to determine the relationships between variables. As a result of the research, it was found that difficulty in regulating emotion, impulsivity and attachment were associated with eating attitudes. Moreover, impulsivity, attachment and emotion regulation difficulties were found to differ significantly in terms of gender.