Relationship Between Food Addiction, Sleep Quality, and Stress

Running head: PSYCHOLOGY
Research Proposal
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Research proposal topic: Relationship Between Food Addiction, Sleep Quality, and Stress.
Introduction
Background of the study:
For many people, food is often considered as the addictive substance and is similarly
dangerous to the other substances. Studies have shown that food item that contains a high
amount of salt, sugar and fat create the feeling of satisfaction and pleasure. The people that are
addicted to food derive pleasure from certain food items that make them eat more even if they
are not hungry. As the person who is addicted to the food continues to eat food that makes them
feel good, such people often eat more than the necessity for the normal nutrition. This leads to a
severe social, physical and the emotional consequences. Food addiction is also called as the food
addiction and is considered as a serious mental illness. The eating disorder is mainly seen in the
adults and this research will provide an insight into the same condition (Gearhardt et al., 2012).
Purpose of the study
The main aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between the food
addiction, stress-induced eating, sleep habits. The study will help to design a specific
psychological intervention so that the maladaptive eating behaviour can be clinically addressed.
It is important to note that within the food addiction research, a majority of the studies that are
conducted upon the humans are focused on the obese population or the population that focus on
the people that have the eating disorders. The study will focus upon the normal weight of the
individuals so that a more generalised examination of the prevalence of food addiction and the
effects of the mental health. The results of this research will be utilized by the researchers and
also honours the students that are involved in the project.

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The aim of the study
General aim: Relationship Between Food Addiction, Sleep Quality, and Stress.
Specific aim:
 To evaluate the validity and the reliability of the Yale Food Addiction
Scale and the Yale Food Addiction Scale.
 To find whether the metabolic consequences that are related to the chronic
stress vary with the intensity of stress and the frequency.
 To examine the prospective longitudinal associations between the Obesity
and the obesity within a community sample.
 To examine the complexity of the psychology and the behavioural
interactions between the emotional state, food intake and stress.
Research questions
The proposed research will be aligned with the following research questions will be addressed
throughout the study-
 What are the validity and the reliability of the Yale Food Addiction Scale
and the Yale Food Addiction Scale?
 Whether the metabolic consequences that are related to the chronic stress
vary with the intensity of stress and the frequency?
 What are the prospective longitudinal associations between the Obesity
and the obesity within a community sample?
 What are the complexity of the psychology and the behavioural
interactions between the emotional state, food intake and stress?