Effects of military academy cadets' perceived stress on emotional eating:the chain mediating role of anxiety and sleep quality
QIN Weidong
MIAO Zeyu
LIU Yimin
TAN Yanchen
YANG Zhe
SHANG Lei
Abstract：Objective To explore the effects of perceived stress on emotional eating among military academy cadets and the chain mediating effects of anxiety and sleep quality,providing a basis for the training of healthy eating behaviors and psychological interventions among military academy cadets.Methods Using the Perceived Stress Scale,Adult Eating Behavior Scale,Self-Rating Anxiety Scale,and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index,a questionnaire survey was conducted among undergraduate students at a military academy in Xi'an,and a total of 777 valid questionnaires were collected.SPSS software was employed to conduct correlation analysis,regression analysis,and chain mediating effect analysis to test the mediating effects of anxiety and sleep quality between perceived stress and emotional eating.Results There were significant positive correlations between perceived stress and anxiety(r=0.612,P＜0.01),sleep quality(r=0.492,P＜0.05),and emotional eating(r=0.327,P＜0.05).Anxiety and sleep quality had partial mediating effects between perceived stress and emotional eating,and there was also a chain mediating effect between them,with the mediating effect accounting for 49.32％of the total effect.Conclusion The perceived stress of military academy cadets can indirectly affect emotional eating behaviors through anxiety and sleep quality.It is recommended to help cadets cope with stress and reduce emotional eating behaviors through psychological counseling and improving the sleep environment.
Keywords：perceived stressemotional eatinganxietysleep qualitychain mediatingmilitary academy cadets
Publication Date：2025-05-31
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-26(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 633-638 )