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The relationship between emotional eating and mindfulness among wrestlers
This 2020 study recruited both men and women wrestlers in Turkey to analyze the relationship between emotional eating and mindfulness among active wrestlers. Data was collected from 382 volunteering wrestlers by handing out personal information forms and applying the Emotional Eating Scale as well as the Mindfulness Inventory for Sport. On average, the national wrestlers ate more food types than non-national athletes and were rated higher in guilt and emotional eating. Higher scores in the Mindfulness Inventory were related to less ability to refocus. Greater disinhibition was also connected to reduced awareness. The study found that guilt, non-judgment, refocusing, and the Mindfulness Inventory scores were positively linked, although the relationship was weak. A weak negative correlation was identified between the participants’ emotional eating scales, awareness, ability to refocus, and non-judgment. The author Şahin concludes that the physically and psychologically negative effects of emotional eating may contribute to reduced levels of awareness in athletes. [NPID: sports psychology, wrestlers, Turkey, athletes, emotional eating, mindfulness]
Year: 2020
