Craving on food and comfort food choice for short-term stress relief: The case study of university students in Bangkok and Songkhla

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Assistant Professor Juthatip Wiwattanapantuwong, Ph.D

Abstract

Food consumption are found to be popular choices to relieve stressful and anxious mind. This research aims to study food choice, craving on foods, and eating effect of foods among undergraduate students in Thailand. Participants were 347 undergraduate students (66% female) from 2 universities in Bangkok and one university in Songkhla. The questionnaire asked participants to rate their frequency, level of craving, and mood improving effect among 40 food choices (e.g., Western, Asian, and Thai foods). As a result of Mixed-design ANOVA analysis, we found interaction of gender and food types (F (3, 976) = 4.33, p < .05), the study site and food types  (F (6, 1009) = 10.01, p < .001) on frequency of eating and level of craving on food, but neither effect of gender, nor study site are found on mood improving effect of food. We found no effect of BMI on any food rating.

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Wiwattanapantuwong, J. (2023). Craving on food and comfort food choice for short-term stress relief: The case study of university students in Bangkok and Songkhla . Journal of Psychology, 20(1). retrieved from https://so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JPsychol/article/view/1742
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