Investigation of the Relationship Between Food Craving, Cognitive Flexibility and Social Appearance Anxiety in Emerging Adulthood

In this study, it was aimed to reveal the predictive power of demographic characteristics, cognitive flexibility and social appearance anxiety individuals in emerging adulthood on preoccupation with thought eating loss control over eating, which are sub-dimensions food craving. The design research structured according relational screening model. study group consists 551 participants, 395 (71.7%) women 156 (28.3%) men. “Food Cravings Questionnaire-Trait Short Form”, “Cognitive Flexibility Inventory”, “Social Appearance Anxiety Scale” “Personal Information Form” were used collect data. Correlation analysis determine relationship between craving, anxiety. Hierarchical regression predictors craving adulthood. Considering dimension while alternatives, one flexibility, do not make a specific contribution model, sub-dimension makes unique When is considered, alternatives from low-level significant results showed that an important predictor similarly, all