The Mediating Effect of Self-Control between Depression, Anxiety, Stress and Emotional Eating
Objective:To explore the relationship depression,anxiety,stress,self-control and emotional eating in teenager.Methods:1801 teenagers from five middle school in Changsha,Hunan province completed the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire(DEBQ),the Self-Control Scale(SCS),and the Depression,Anxiety and Stress Scale(DASS-21).Results:The emotional eating of teenagers had significantly positive correlation with negative emotions(depression,anxiety and stress),and significantly negative correlation with self-control.Teenagers' negative emotions significantly and positively predicted emotional eating and negatively predicted self-control.Self-control negatively predicted emotional eating.Selfcontrol partially mediated the relationship between negative emotions and emotional eating.Conclusion:Negative emotions are risk factors for emotional eating.High depression,anxiety and stress all negatively influence self-control,which may finally result in more serious emotional eating.