Objective: In our study, the effect of adult separation anxiety on emotional eating levels among first-year students of the Faculty of Dentistry was investigated. The associations between adult separation anxiety and other psychiatric disorders are significant. Methods: A total of 62 first-year dental students participated in the study.
Participants were administered a sociodemographic data form, the Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire, and the Emotional Eating Scale. Results: A moderate negative correlation was found between separation anxiety and age (r = -0.349, p = 0.006), a moderate positive correlation between emotional eating and body mass index (BMI) (r = 0.476, p