Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the relationships between eating attitudes, romantic relationship satisfaction and cognitive emotion regulation in university students. The sample of the study consisted of 355 university students between the ages of 17–60. In the study, Relationship Satisfaction Scale, Eating Attitudes Test-26 short form and Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire were used as instruments. The collected data were analysed using the SPSS package program. In order to analyse the data, the relationships between the variables of the study were examined by Structural Equation Model. The objective of this study was to investigate how cognitive emotion regulation mediates the connection between eating attitudes and satisfaction in romantic relationships. The study's findings indicate a strong and negative correlation between romantic relationship satisfaction and eating attitudes. The study revealed a decrease in romantic relationship satisfaction among people with unfavorable eating attitudes. The study findings indicated that people who experienced dissatisfaction in their romantic relationships and exhibited negative attitudes towards eating were more likely to use maladaptive emotional regulation strategies, such as catastrophizing, to a greater extent. Individuals who experience dissatisfaction in their interpersonal relationships and possess bad eating attitudes tend to magnify the repercussions of negative situations. The acquired results are believed to provide guidance for the planning of potential intervention studies for improving cognitive emotional regulation.