Abstract:

The emotions that individuals feel guide their food consumption behavior. Emotional eating behavior is seen as a source of reward and happiness for individuals to get away from the mood they are in when they are in negative emotional states, to maintain the pleasure found in positive emotional states while eating food consumed for the purpose of feeling good and happy. In this research, it was aimed to examine whether there is a relationship between the gender of individuals and the state of appetite in different emotional states and the feeling of guilt after consumption. The data of this research, which was conducted with 268 individuals selected by quota sampling method in Trabzon, were carried out by performing chi-square tests. In the study, a significant relationship was found between the gender of individuals and appetite in negative emotional states (p<0.05). It has been concluded that women's appetite decreases more in negative emotional states than men's. It has been observed that in positive emotional states, their appetite increases in both sexes and they do not feel guilty about the food they consume. In negative emotional states, the appetite level decreases significantly. When the food consumption behaviors of individuals who feel guilty in positive and negative emotional states were examined, it was observed that they felt guilty for not paying attention to portion size, consuming high-calorie foods, and consuming sweet snacks et al while dieting.

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