The mediator effect of emotioanl eating in the relationship between agression and eating atitudes

In this study, it was aimed to examine the mediating role of emotional eating in the relationship between aggression and eating attitude in adults and the relationships between aggression, eating attitude, and emotional eating. The sample of the study consists of a total of 293 people, 223 women, and 70 men. Demographic Information Form, Buss Perry Aggression Scale, Eating Attitude Test (EAT 26), and Turkish Emotional Eating Scale were used in the study. As a result of the study, a significant difference was found in the aggression characteristics, emotional eating behaviors, and eating attitudes of the participants according to the gender variable. A significant difference was observed in the aggression mean of the sample group according to the healthy and unhealthy eating attitudes. It was concluded that there is a significant difference in the emotional eating average of the sample group according to the healthy and unhealthy eating attitudes. A significant difference was found in the mean eating attitude of the sample group according to the presence or absence of emotional eating. As a result of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis, a statistically positive significant relationship was found between aggression and eating attitude. A statistically positive significant relationship was found between emotional eating and aggression. A statistically positive significant relationship was found between emotional eating and eating attitude. According to the structural equation model tested, emotional eating mediates the relationship between bulimia and eating preoccupation and hostility. Emotional eating mediates the relationship between hostility and diet. Emotional eating mediates the relationship between hostility and oral control. Key Words: Aggression, physical aggression, verbal aggression, hostility, anger, eating attitude, bulimia and food preoccupation, diet, oral control, emotional eating.