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This research was conducted in a descriptive-relationship-seeking design to examine the relationship between perceived stress and loneliness in by young adults and emotional eating. The data were collected through an online form on June 2nd-30th, 2021 using the random snowball method and 377 people participated in the research. Personal Information Form, Perceived Stress Scale-10, UCLA Loneliness Scale Short Form, and Emotional Eating Scale were used as data collection tools. The analysis was conducted with Mann-Whitney U, Kruskall-Wallis H, and Spearman correlation tests, and Adjusted Bonferroni test for post-hoc analyzes by Kruskal-Wallis H was employed. The perceived stress levels of young adults in women, job seekers, those with lower income than expenditure and those with chronic diseases; loneliness in those whose lower income than expenditure; emotional eating was found to be higher in women, singles, and overweight-obese BMIs (p<0.05). When the subscales of the emotional eating scale and BMI subgroups are compared, it is seen that as the BMI level increases, the scores of being unable to prevent the desire to eat and feeling of guilt increase (p<0.05). It was determined that there is a positive relationship between loneliness and emotional eating (r=.181; p<.001); perceived stress and emotional eating (r=.244; p<.001); perceived stress and loneliness (r=.328; p<.001). Further research is recommended to better explain emotional eating.

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