The relationship between social emotions and intuitive eating behaviors: an exploration based on text analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The present study provides novel insights into the psychological mechanisms linking social emotions and eating behaviors by integrating large-scale social media analysis with individual-level assessments.

Methods

Two complementary approaches were employed: Study 1 analyzed 1,902 Weibo posts containing "diet" and "social" keywords through latent Dirichlet allocation topic modeling and semantic network analysis to identify thematic structures and interactional patterns; Study 2 surveyed 1,199 participants (aged 18-33) using the Intuitive Eating Scale and self-reported social situation texts, applying Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) and LASSO regression to identify language features of intuitive eating.

Results

Study 1 revealed six psychological the

SUBMITTER: Wu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12690209 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature