An investigation between irrational beliefs, eating attittude and body perception

The population of the study was determined by easy sampling method and 221 participants were reached between 14-57 years of age in Istanbul. The data on the irrational beliefs of the participants were obtained by using the "General Attitudes and Beliefs Scale", the data on the eating attitude levels were obtained from the "Eating Attitude Scale" and the data about the body perception levels were obtained from the Alg Body Perception Scale ". The demographic information form was used by the researcher for data on sociodemographic characteristics. Analysis of the findings revealed that there was a significant negative relationship between irrational beliefs and body perception. It was found that there is a positive significant relationship with eating attitude. In addition, a statistically significant negative correlation was found between eating attitude and body perception total score of the participants. In this case, it was observed that body satisfaction decreased and eating attitude scores increased with increasing irrational belief total score. According to the study, irrational beliefs have a statistically significant effect on the eating attitude total score and this effect increases the eating attitude total score. When the effect of irrational beliefs on body perception was examined, it was found to be a statistically significant effect. Key Words: irrational beliefs, eatıng attittude, body perception