Relationship between work-family conflict and unhealthy eating: Does eating style matter?

The aim of this 2018 study was to explore how work-family conflict, eating style, and unhealthy eating relate to one another. The participants (586 Malaysian adults) completed a questionnaire on demographics, work-family scales, and eating style measures (restrained, emotional, external eating and food consumption). Shukri et al. found that their theory was true. The data showed that family-to-work conflict (FWC), emotional eating and external eating were positively associated with unhealthy food consumption. The impact of family-to-work conflict on eating was moderated by emotional eating. There was no evidence suggesting that body mass index (BMI) and its interactions explain the relationships that exist between work-family conflict, eating style, and unhealthy eating. These findings back up previous research that revealed that emotional eating can strengthen the link between elevated stress (such as conflict) and more unhealthy food choices. Overall, this study has demonstrated that eating styles can explain the association between work-family conflict and unhealthy eating. [NPID: emotional eating, unhealthy eating, eating style, family and work, conflict, stress, family stress, restraining eating, external eating, Malaysia, Malaysian]

Year: 2018

Reference: Shukri, M., Jones, F., & Conner, M. (2018). Relationship between work-family conflict and unhealthy eating: Does eating style matter?. Appetite, 123, 225–232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2017.12.027

Related Studies

Association between work-related factors and diet: a review of the literature

This 2019 study hypothesized that working conditions can influence a person’s diet and thus reviews the published literature analysing the association between work-related factors (such as work hours, shift work, job, physical and mental strain, support) and quality of diet. The 16 selected articles were found by performing a literature search on PubMed for those […]

Impact of physical activity practice and adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in relation to multiple intelligences among university students

Physical activity is critical to overall well-being, especially during university years when students are more likely to adopt a more sedentary than active lifestyle owing to their studies. In addition, the impact of unhealthy dietary habits can further compromise well-being. The Multiple Intelligences theory postulates that human intelligence is subdivided into several domains, and is […]