Objective: This study aims to examine the relationships among emotional eating, difficulties in emotion regulation, and mindful eating; specifically, to determine whether mindful eating mediates the relationship between difficulties in emotion regulation and emotional eating. Material and Methods: Data were collected online from 680 participants (83.5% women, 16.5% men). In addition to gathering demographic information, the Emotional Eating Scale (EES-30), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS-36), and Mindful Eating Scale (MES-30) were administered. The data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 with independent samples t-tests, ANOVA, Pearson correlation, hierarchical regression analysis, and mediation analysis via the bootstrapping method. Results: Females, smokers, and single individuals showed significantly higher emotional eating compared to males, non-smokers, and married/divorced participants, while no differences were found across education levels. Emotional eating was positively correlated with emotion regulation difficulties (r=0.34, p
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