Ai Xie Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Adolescents; Self-control; Coping; Life events; Emotional eating
Medical Psychological Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
ai Xie received the B.S. degree in automation from North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China, in 2016. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China. His current research interests include wireless resource optimization in vehicular network and D2D communication.
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Author(s): Ai Xie, Taisheng Cai
The current study investigated the relationship between self-control, coping style, life events and emotional eating, and examined the effects of these variables on emotional eating. Self-control, coping style, life events and emotional eating were measured in 932 high school students. Compared to non-emotional eating group, emotional eating group reported more use of emotion-oriented coping style and more life events. Both emotion-oriented coping style and life events were strongly related to emotional eating. To determine which of several variables best predicted emotional eating, we conducted step regression. The results indicated that life events was the primary predictor for emotional eating. As an unhealthy eating behavior, emotional eating may affect ... view moreĀ»