Social Appearance Anxiety and Mindful Eating in Nursing Students

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 307 - 315, 21.06.2023

Hatice Başkale , Bengü Çetinkaya , Ümran Demiral

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to determine the relationship between social appearance anxiety and mindful eating in nursing students, as well as the factors affecting them.
Material and Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with nursing students (n=479) at a university, located in the West Region of Turkiye, between September and December in 2019. The data were collected using the Sociodemographic Information Form, the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale (SAAS), and the Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ).
Results: Female participants had significantly higher emotional eating, consciousness and mindfulness subscale scores than male participants. Total SAAS scores of students with overweight or obesity were statistically higher and mean scores of disinhibition and eating control subscales of MEQ were statistically lower than others (p<0.05). Those who think they were overweight/obese had the highest SAAS score and lowest MEQ score (p<0.05). Mindful eating was inversely related to the social appearance anxiety. Regression model showed that nursing students with high SAAS scores also had low MEQ scores.
Conclusion: The links between nursing students' eating behavior and social appearance anxiety should be comprehensively addressed. Interventions targeted to gain healthy eating habits and stress reduction may require collaboration with other disciplines and will help nursing students to promote health.

Keywords

Social appearance anxiety, mindful eating, nursing students.

Supporting Institution

Scientific Research Projects department of Pamukkale University

Project Number

2019KRM004-190

Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinde Sosyal Görünüş Kaygısı ve Yeme Farkındalığı

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı hemşirelik öğrencilerinde sosyal görünüş kaygısı ve farkındalıklı yeme arasındaki ilişkiyi ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu tanımlayıcı kesitsel araştırma, Eylül-Aralık 2019 tarihleri arasında Türkiye’nin batısında yer alan bir üniversitedeki hemşirelik öğrencileriyle yapılmıştır (n=479). Veriler Sosyodemografik Bilgi Formu, Sosyal Görünüş Kaygısı Ölçeği ve Yeme Farkındalığı Anketi kullanılarak toplanmıştır.
Bulgular: Kadın katılımcıların duygusal yeme, bilinçli beslenme ve farkındalık alt ölçek puanları erkek katılımcılara göre anlamlı olarak daha yüksek bulunmuştur. Fazla kilolu veya obezitesi olan öğrencilerin toplam sosyal görünüş kaygısı puanları istatistiksel olarak daha yüksek, yeme farkındalığı ölçeğinin disinhibisyon ve yeme kontrolü alt ölçeklerinin ortalama puanları diğerlerine göre istatistiksel olarak daha düşük bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Fazla kilolu veya obezitesi olduğunu düşünenlerin sosyal görünüş kaygısı puanı en yüksek ve yeme farkındalığı puanı en düşük olarak belirlenmiştir (p<0.05). Yeme farkındalığı ile sosyal görünüş kaygısı arasında negatif ilişki bulunmuştur. Regresyon modeli, sosyal görünüş kaygısı puanları yüksek olan hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yeme farkındalığı puanlarının da düşük olduğunu göstermiştir.
Sonuç: Araştırmanın sonuçları, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin yeme davranışı ve sosyal görünüş kaygısı arasındaki ilişkiyi kapsamlı bir şekilde anlamaları için bir referans olabilir. Disiplinlerarası işbirliği ile sağlıklı beslenme alışkanlıkları kazandırmayı ve stresi azaltmayı hedefleyen girişimler, hemşirelik öğrencilerinin sağlığını geliştirmelerine yardımcı olabilir.

Keywords

Sosyal görünüş kaygısı, yeme farkındalığı, hemşirelik öğrencileri

Project Number

2019KRM004-190

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