Emotional EatingNCT05485493
The Effect of Solution-focused Approach on Emotional Eating
A study testing Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group Counseling and healthy nutrition education in people with Emotional Eating, run by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
The study was carried out to determine the effect of internet-based solution-oriented group counseling on the emotional eating levels of nursing faculty students. The population of the research of 481 nursing students studying at the Nursing Faculty in Istanbul. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Emotional Eating
- What is being tested?
- Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group Counseling and healthy nutrition education
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
- How many people
- 60 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- 30 Jun 2021to 15 Sep 2021
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Having a higher score than the scale mean (DEBQ>20). To know Turkish.
Who cannot join
- Having a mental or physical problem that prevents communication. Not attending more than two sessions
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: The Effectiveness of Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group Counseling on Emotional Eating Levels of Nursing Students
The study was carried out to determine the effect of internet-based solution-oriented group counseling on the emotional eating levels of nursing faculty students.
The population of the research of 481 nursing students studying at the Nursing Faculty in Istanbul. Sampling, on the other hand, is aimed at 60-person plans.
Within the scope of the study; At the 5% significance level and to be 16 in 1,204 domains, 32 individuals must be reached (df=30; t=1,697). Losses may occur before; Two experimental groups, each consisting of 15 students, and two control groups are targeted. The students will assigned to the experimental and control groups by simple random sampling method. The experimental group (n=26) will give solution-oriented group counseling on emotional eating once a week for 6 sessions over the internet. The control group (n=29) will trained 45-minute about healthy eating habits. Data will collected with the "Information Form", "Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire Emotional Eating Sub-Dimension" and "Challenges in Emotion Regulation Scale". The data will analies by chi-square test, independent groups t-test and repeated groups Anova test in SPSS program.
Read the detailed description
Nutrition; It is the completion of the growth and development stages and the adequate intake of nutrients necessary for being healthy (Özmen et al. 2007). Maslow (1943) considers nutrition within the physiological needs at the first step in the hierarchy of needs and states that the purpose of satisfying physiological needs can also be the search for comfort and safety. Eating frequency and amount are also affected by emotions such as anxiety, anger, joy, depression, and sadness in addition to physiological hunger (Canetti et al. 2002). Emotional eating is expressed as a response to negative emotions and is seen as a way of regulating experienced negative emotions (Frayn \& Knäuper, 2018). Bekker et al. (2004) reported that participants showed higher emotional eating behavior during negative affect compared to neutral mood periods. In addition, it is stated that impulsivity has an increasing effect on self-perceived emotional eating. In the study examining the effects of emotions on feeding behavior; anger has a higher effect on impulsive and emotional eating, and joy on hedonic eating compared to other emotions. It has also been reported that women tend to eat more emotionally during feelings of anger and sadness (Macht 1999). Studies indicate that individuals with high body mass index have more emotional eating behavior (Blair et al. 1990; Levoy et al. 2017). But Geliebter and Aversa. (2003) reported that emotional eating behavior is more common in normal-weight individuals in the face of positive emotions. In the study conducted with university students in the normal weight range; female students define stress, while male students define boredom and anxiety as factors that cause emotional eating behavior. It is observed that unhealthy foods are generally preferred during emotional eating and female students feel more guilty than males (Bennett et al. 2013). Considering that university students are in the transition stage to adulthood, healthy eating behaviors are of great importance (Mazıcıoğlu and Öztürk 2003). Nutritional behaviors of university students who are seen as a risky group in terms of nutritional problems (Pengpid and Peltzer 2018) and who are trying to adapt to a new order also affect their physical and mental health and academic performance (Ermiş et al. 2015). For the emotional eating behavior of university students, interventions focusing on emotion and stress management apart from dietary regulation are recommended (Bennett et al. 2013).
- Conditions
- Emotional Eating
- Being tested
- Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group Counseling, healthy nutrition education
- Keywords
- emotional eating, solution focused counseling, nursing student, body mass index
- Medical subject headings
- Emotional Eating
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group CounselingBehavioural
Sessions will be held online once a week, with an average duration of 60-90 minutes, in the form of 6 sessions, via video-conference applications.
healthy nutrition educationOther
60-minute single session healthy eating training
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| experimental group | Experimental | The counseling program is 6 sessions, and it is the sessions will last 60-90 minutes on average once a week and be conducted via online video-conference applications. The first session is informing group members about emotional eating and solution-oriented approach, determining members' goals and expectations. Second session; It aims to ensure that emotions are noticed, to clarify the goals with the miracle question technique, and to focus on the solution by getting away from the problems. In the third session; Exception questions focus on recognizing exceptional situations, strengths, and skills. In the fourth session; It is aimed to discuss the existing coping methods of the group members, to recognize the useful coping methods and strengths and to increase their use. In the fifth session; focuses on designing a positive future and steps towards achieving a positive future. In the sixth session, the sessions are summarized by the group leader and members. Receives: Behavioral: Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group Counseling |
| control group | Sham comparator | A one-session nutrition education will be given to the control group. Students will be informed about the emotional eating behavior and they will be informed about the physical exercise and nutrition regulation process. Measurements will be repeated at the end of the session and 2 weeks later. Receives: Other: healthy nutrition education |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Internet-based solution-focused short-term group counseling has an effect on reducing the emotional eating levels of nursing students.
Çeviri sonuçları Solution-oriented group counseling applied online has a positive effect on the emotional eating levels of nursing students.
Measured: 2 months
Internet-based solution-oriented short-term group counseling has an effect on reducing body mass indexes of nursing students.
Çeviri sonuçları Solution-oriented group counseling applied online has a positive effect on the emotional eating levels of nursing students.
Measured: 2 months
Internet-based solution-oriented short-term group counseling has an effect on reducing the emotion regulation difficulties of nursing students.
Çeviri sonuçları Solution-oriented group counseling applied online has a positive effect on the emotional eating levels of nursing students.
Measured: 2 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Aug 2022
- Study start30 Jun 2021
- Primary completion30 Aug 2021
- Study completion15 Sep 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (7)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Emotional EatingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Istanbul University - CerrahpasaThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- The research is a randomized controlled experimental model with a pretest posttest control group.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Merve Saritas, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05485493
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- MSaritas
- Status last verified
- Aug 2022
- First submitted
- 2 Aug 2022
- Last updated
- 9 May 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Publications
Bekker MH, van de Meerendonk C, Mollerus J. Effects of negative mood induction and impulsivity on self-perceived emotional eating. Int J Eat Disord. 2004 Dec;36(4):461-9. doi: 10.1002/eat.20041.
PubMed 15558635Bennett J, Greene G, Schwartz-Barcott D. Perceptions of emotional eating behavior. A qualitative study of college students. Appetite. 2013 Jan;60(1):187-192. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.09.023. Epub 2012 Oct 6.
PubMed 23046706Blair AJ, Lewis VJ, Booth DA. Does emotional eating interfere with success in attempts at weight control? Appetite. 1990 Oct;15(2):151-7. doi: 10.1016/0195-6663(90)90047-c.
PubMed 2268140Canetti L, Bachar E, Berry EM. Food and emotion. Behav Processes. 2002 Nov;60(2):157-164. doi: 10.1016/s0376-6357(02)00082-7.
PubMed 12426067Geliebter A, Aversa A. Emotional eating in overweight, normal weight, and underweight individuals. Eat Behav. 2003 Jan;3(4):341-7. doi: 10.1016/s1471-0153(02)00100-9.
PubMed 15000995Levoy E, Lazaridou A, Brewer J, Fulwiler C. An exploratory study of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for emotional eating. Appetite. 2017 Feb 1;109:124-130. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.11.029. Epub 2016 Nov 24.
PubMed 27890474Pengpid S, Peltzer K. Risk of disordered eating attitudes and its relation to mental health among university students in ASEAN. Eat Weight Disord. 2018 Jun;23(3):349-355. doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0507-0. Epub 2018 Apr 21.
PubMed 29681011
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 May 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Effectiveness of Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group Counseling on Emotional Eating Levels of Nursing Students
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05485493
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MSaritas
- Conditions
- Emotional Eating
- Keywords
- emotional eating, solution focused counseling, nursing student, body mass index
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 60 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Istanbul University - CerrahpasaUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 30 Jun 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Aug 2021 (actual)
- Study completion
- 15 Sep 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 3 Aug 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The study was carried out to determine the effect of internet-based solution-oriented group counseling on the emotional eating levels of nursing faculty students.
The population of the research of 481 nursing students studying at the Nursing Faculty in Istanbul. Sampling, on the other hand, is aimed at 60-person plans.
Within the scope of the study; At the 5% significance level and to be 16 in 1,204 domains, 32 individuals must be reached (df=30; t=1,697). Losses may occur before; Two experimental groups, each consisting of 15 students, and two control groups are targeted. The students will assigned to the experimental and control groups by simple random sampling method. The experimental group (n=26) will give solution-oriented group counseling on emotional eating once a week for 6 sessions over the internet. The control group (n=29) will trained 45-minute about healthy eating habits. Data will collected with the "Information Form", "Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire Emotional Eating Sub-Dimension" and "Challenges in Emotion Regulation Scale". The data will analies by chi-square test, independent groups t-test and repeated groups Anova test in SPSS program.
Detailed description
Nutrition; It is the completion of the growth and development stages and the adequate intake of nutrients necessary for being healthy (Özmen et al. 2007). Maslow (1943) considers nutrition within the physiological needs at the first step in the hierarchy of needs and states that the purpose of satisfying physiological needs can also be the search for comfort and safety. Eating frequency and amount are also affected by emotions such as anxiety, anger, joy, depression, and sadness in addition to physiological hunger (Canetti et al. 2002). Emotional eating is expressed as a response to negative emotions and is seen as a way of regulating experienced negative emotions (Frayn \& Knäuper, 2018). Bekker et al. (2004) reported that participants showed higher emotional eating behavior during negative affect compared to neutral mood periods. In addition, it is stated that impulsivity has an increasing effect on self-perceived emotional eating. In the study examining the effects of emotions on feeding behavior; anger has a higher effect on impulsive and emotional eating, and joy on hedonic eating compared to other emotions. It has also been reported that women tend to eat more emotionally during feelings of anger and sadness (Macht 1999). Studies indicate that individuals with high body mass index have more emotional eating behavior (Blair et al. 1990; Levoy et al. 2017). But Geliebter and Aversa. (2003) reported that emotional eating behavior is more common in normal-weight individuals in the face of positive emotions. In the study conducted with university students in the normal weight range; female students define stress, while male students define boredom and anxiety as factors that cause emotional eating behavior. It is observed that unhealthy foods are generally preferred during emotional eating and female students feel more guilty than males (Bennett et al. 2013). Considering that university students are in the transition stage to adulthood, healthy eating behaviors are of great importance (Mazıcıoğlu and Öztürk 2003). Nutritional behaviors of university students who are seen as a risky group in terms of nutritional problems (Pengpid and Peltzer 2018) and who are trying to adapt to a new order also affect their physical and mental health and academic performance (Ermiş et al. 2015). For the emotional eating behavior of university students, interventions focusing on emotion and stress management apart from dietary regulation are recommended (Bennett et al. 2013).
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- The research is a randomized controlled experimental model with a pretest posttest control group.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| experimental group | Experimental | Behavioral: Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group CounselingThe counseling program is 6 sessions, and it is the sessions will last 60-90 minutes on average once a week and be conducted via online video-conference applications. The first session is informing group members about emotional eating and solution-oriented approach, determining members' goals and expectations. Second session; It aims to ensure that emotions are noticed, to clarify the goals with the miracle question technique, and to focus on the solution by getting away from the problems. In the third session; Exception questions focus on recognizing exceptional situations, strengths, and skills. In the fourth session; It is aimed to discuss the existing coping methods of the group members, to recognize the useful coping methods and strengths and to increase their use. In the fifth session; focuses on designing a positive future and steps towards achieving a positive future. In the sixth session, the sessions are summarized by the group leader and members. |
| control group | Sham comparator | Other: healthy nutrition educationA one-session nutrition education will be given to the control group. Students will be informed about the emotional eating behavior and they will be informed about the physical exercise and nutrition regulation process. Measurements will be repeated at the end of the session and 2 weeks later. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Having a higher score than the scale mean (DEBQ>20). To know Turkish.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Having a mental or physical problem that prevents communication. Not attending more than two sessions
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group CounselingSessions will be held online once a week, with an average duration of 60-90 minutes, in the form of 6 sessions, via video-conference applications. | Behavioural | experimental group |
| healthy nutrition education60-minute single session healthy eating training | Other | control group |
Primary outcome
Internet-based solution-focused short-term group counseling has an effect on reducing the emotional eating levels of nursing students.
Time frame: 2 months
Çeviri sonuçları Solution-oriented group counseling applied online has a positive effect on the emotional eating levels of nursing students.
Internet-based solution-oriented short-term group counseling has an effect on reducing body mass indexes of nursing students.
Time frame: 2 months
Çeviri sonuçları Solution-oriented group counseling applied online has a positive effect on the emotional eating levels of nursing students.
Internet-based solution-oriented short-term group counseling has an effect on reducing the emotion regulation difficulties of nursing students.
Time frame: 2 months
Çeviri sonuçları Solution-oriented group counseling applied online has a positive effect on the emotional eating levels of nursing students.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 May 2023.
- Background: PubMed 15558635Bekker MH, van de Meerendonk C, Mollerus J. Effects of negative mood induction and impulsivity on self-perceived emotional eating. Int J Eat Disord. 2004 Dec;36(4):461-9. doi: 10.1002/eat.20041.
- Background: PubMed 23046706Bennett J, Greene G, Schwartz-Barcott D. Perceptions of emotional eating behavior. A qualitative study of college students. Appetite. 2013 Jan;60(1):187-192. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.09.023. Epub 2012 Oct 6.
- Background: PubMed 2268140Blair AJ, Lewis VJ, Booth DA. Does emotional eating interfere with success in attempts at weight control? Appetite. 1990 Oct;15(2):151-7. doi: 10.1016/0195-6663(90)90047-c.
- Background: PubMed 12426067Canetti L, Bachar E, Berry EM. Food and emotion. Behav Processes. 2002 Nov;60(2):157-164. doi: 10.1016/s0376-6357(02)00082-7.
- Background: PubMed 15000995Geliebter A, Aversa A. Emotional eating in overweight, normal weight, and underweight individuals. Eat Behav. 2003 Jan;3(4):341-7. doi: 10.1016/s1471-0153(02)00100-9.
- Background: PubMed 27890474Levoy E, Lazaridou A, Brewer J, Fulwiler C. An exploratory study of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction for emotional eating. Appetite. 2017 Feb 1;109:124-130. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.11.029. Epub 2016 Nov 24.
- Background: PubMed 29681011Pengpid S, Peltzer K. Risk of disordered eating attitudes and its relation to mental health among university students in ASEAN. Eat Weight Disord. 2018 Jun;23(3):349-355. doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0507-0. Epub 2018 Apr 21.
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Internet-Based Solution Focused Short-Term Group Counseling and healthy nutrition education in people with Emotional Eating, run by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 May 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Internet-based solution-focused short-term group counseling has an effect on reducing the emotional eating levels of nursing students. (time frame: 2 months). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05485493, which also lists 7 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 May 2023; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.