Wang Leran, Jing Yuanluo, Song Shiqing
School of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.
Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, London WCE1 6BT, UK.
Nutrients. 2025 Aug 26;17(17):2756. doi: 10.3390/nu17172756.
: Excessive parental control has been found to be associated with an increasing risk of emotional eating in children, yet the potential moderating role of emotion regulation abilities remains unclear. This study investigated the relationships between different types of parental control and emotional eating, as well as the mediating effects of specific emotion regulation strategies and negative emotions. : A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 1167 Chinese college students (62.5% females, age: 20.23 ± 1.50 years) recruited via social media. Participants completed the Parental Control Scale, Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, and Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS and PROCESS (Model 81), with BMI, age, and gender controlled as a covariate. Mediation effects were tested using the 95% bias-corrected bootstrap confidence intervals (based on 5000 samples). : The results indicate that (1) both parental behavioral control and psychological control were significantly positively correlated with emotional eating, with effect sizes ranging from small to moderate; (2) anxiety and stress in negative emotions partially mediate the relationship between the two dimensions of parental control and emotional eating, while depression did not serve as a mediator in this relationship; (3) expression suppression and stress chain-mediated between the two dimensions of parental control and emotional eating; expression suppression and anxiety chain-mediated between parental psychological control and emotional eating. : Higher parental control is associated with increased emotional eating behaviors in children. Anxiety, stressful emotions, and expressive suppression play significant roles. These findings suggest new interventions to reduce emotional eating and associated overweight risks in college students.
研究发现，父母过度控制与儿童情绪性暴饮暴食风险增加有关，但情绪调节能力的潜在调节作用仍不明确。本研究调查了不同类型的父母控制与情绪性暴饮暴食之间的关系，以及特定情绪调节策略和负面情绪的中介作用。
通过社交媒体招募了1167名中国大学生（62.5%为女性，年龄：20.23±1.50岁）进行横断面在线调查。参与者完成了父母控制量表、情绪调节问卷、抑郁焦虑压力量表和荷兰饮食行为问卷。使用SPSS和PROCESS（模型81）进行数据分析，将BMI、年龄和性别作为协变量进行控制。使用95%偏差校正的自助置信区间（基于5000个样本）检验中介效应。
（1）父母行为控制和心理控制均与情绪性暴饮暴食显著正相关，效应大小从小到中等；（2）负面情绪中的焦虑和压力部分中介了父母控制的两个维度与情绪性暴饮暴食之间的关系，而抑郁在这种关系中未起到中介作用；（3）表达抑制和压力在父母控制的两个维度与情绪性暴饮暴食之间起链式中介作用；表达抑制和焦虑在父母心理控制与情绪性暴饮暴食之间起链式中介作用。
较高的父母控制与儿童情绪性暴饮暴食行为增加有关。焦虑、应激情绪和表达抑制起重要作用。这些发现为减少大学生情绪性暴饮暴食及相关超重风险提供了新的干预措施。
