Relationship between academic stress, emotional intelligence and eating behavior in university students
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https://doi.org/10.37387/ipc.v11i2.347Keywords:
stress, behavior, emotional intelligence, studentsAbstract
Emotional intelligence refers to a set of abilities that allow subjects to control their moods and feelings, particularly their perception of stress. Although the exact reasons are unknown, there is a link between stress, eating behavior, and emotional intelligence. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, academic stress, and eating behavior in Psychology and Biology students
We compared academic stress, clarity, attention, and emotional repair scores, as well as eating habits, from the start to the end of the semester. We report differences in the academic stress score at the beginning of semester between biology students (I-EA, x̄ = 63,78) and psychology students (I-EA, x̄ = 56,25). This difference is also observed in the academic stress score at the end of semester between biology students (F-EA, x̄ = 74,55) and psychology students (F-EA, x̄ = 60,87). Psychology students have greater emotional clarity throughout the semester. Emotional clarity is moderately associated with emotional repair (r= 0.542, p < 0,01). We found no association between eating behavior and perceived academic stress.
In the light of our results, biology students perceive greater academic stress when compared to psychology students. Psychology students exhibit greater emotional clarity and attention. There is no association between perceived stress, emotional intelligence and eating behavior. We recommend incorporating physiological variables and instruments that assess the concept of emotional eating.
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