Gender-based relationship between eating behavior and sense of coherence in Japanese young adults

• Masami Horiguchi

  Sapporo Medical University

• Gohichi Tanaka

  Sapporo Medical University

• Haruko Ogasawara

  Hokkaido University

• Ryoko Maruyama

  Tohoku University

Eating behavior is affected by stress and sense of coherence (SOC), the latter of which is reflective of one’s stress coping ability. Our objective in this study was to establish the gender-based relationship between the Eating Behavior Scale (EBS) and SOC. Participants were 334 Japanese undergraduate students. Overall scores on the 13-item SOC Scale (SOC-13) were higher for women than for men. There were significant negative correlations between EBS and SOC-13 scores for men, and a nonsignificant correlation between EBS and SOC-13 scores for women. Results of the correlation analyses indicated that there are gender-based differences in the relationship between eating behavior and SOC. Unhealthy eating behavior in men was associated with low stress coping ability; however, there was no such association in women.

1. Masami Horiguchi, Sapporo Medical University
   Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences
2. Gohichi Tanaka, Sapporo Medical University
   Center for Medical Education
3. Haruko Ogasawara, Hokkaido University
   Health Sciences
4. Ryoko Maruyama, Tohoku University

   Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine

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