Taisheng Cai Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Adolescents; Self-control; Coping; Life events; Emotional eating
Medical Psychological Institute of The Second Xiangya Hospital,
Taisheng Cai belongs to Medical Psychological department and his araes of interests are Coping; Life events; Emotional eating and his one of the publication is Application of the Chinese Version of the BIS/BAS Scales in Participants With a Substance Use Disorder: An Analysis of Psychometric Properties and Comparison With Community Residents
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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»