Work and family conflicts and abnormal eating behaviors in occupational populations: The mediating role of Big Five personality traits

This study demonstrates that work-family conflicts are robustly associated with abnormal eating behaviors, and that personality traits provide additional explanatory value in terms of independent associations and limited, trait-specific moderation. Consistent with COR theory, the findings suggest that individuals with lower agreeableness or conscientiousness and higher neuroticism may be more vulnerable to stress-related maladaptive eating. Given the cross-sectional design, these findings reflect correlational associations rather than causal effects; longitudinal research is needed to verify these relationships across cultural contexts.