| Summary: | 碩士 === 中山醫學大學 === 營養學研究所 === 100 === The purpose of this study was to investigate emotional intelligence and the eating disorders tendency of senior high school students in Taichung, and discover the relationship between them. The anonymous self-report questionnaire with three sections was used, including: A. Demographic information as well as weight and body satisfaction, the expected body shape; B. Emotional Intelligence Inventory; C. Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). As a result, we found that: There were 55.4% students with standard body shape, and 11.2% overweight, 10.3% obesity. Moreover, 43.3% students unsatisfied their body shape, 63.9% students wanted to be thinner. The mean of Emotional Intelligence Inventory was 2.89±0.30, and the highest section is emotional perception, the lowest section is emotional modulation. Gender, grades, age and body satisfaction are importance factors of emotional intelligence. Actual body shape and the expected body shape are no effect on emotional intelligence. The mean of EAT-26 was 8.66±7.36, and 8.6% students were at high risk of eating disorders. Gender, actual body shape, body satisfaction and the expected body shape are importance factors of eating disorders tendency. Grades and age are no effect on eating disorders tendency. Scores of EAT-26 were positively correlated with emotional perception, emotional expression, emotional application. We suggest teachers and parents have to lead students to the corrected development of emotional intelligence in order to prevent eating disorder.
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