Abstract
Purpose
This study was conducted to examine the relationship between students’ anxiety, depression, stress levels, and emotional, external, restrictive eating behaviors in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) process.
Design and Methods
This study was conducted in included university involving 411 nursing students who completed the Personal Information Form, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale, and the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Kruskal–Wallis Test, Mann–Whitney U test, and Spearman’s correlation test were used to evaluate the data.
Findings
In the correlation between Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale subscale scores, and the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire subscale scores, there was no significant relationship between only depression and restrictive eating.
Practice Implications
It was determined that the COVID‐19 pandemic process affected the mental health of nursing students and their eating behaviors.