article_1414017_1776429547 1776429547 Kıbrıs Ruh Sağlığı Enstitüsü Cyprus Turkish Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology KTPP Dergisi 1302-7840 03 28 2026 8 1 Aynur Bahar GAZİANTEP ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5356-0501 Döndü Çuhadar gaziantep üniversitesi sağlık bilimleri fakültesi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6912-5520 Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate the orthorexic tendencies of nursing students and to determine the relationship between eating attitudes and obsessive symptoms. Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 209 nursing students. After taking the consent of the students, the Personal Information Form, Orthorexia Nervosa Scale, Eating Attitude Test and Maudsley Obsessive Compulsive Question List were applied by the researchers. Descriptive analyses, t-test, Anova test and correlation analysis were used to evaluate the data. Results: More than half of students are between the ages of 18-21 (62.2%). Third grade students constitute 44% of the participants and female gender constitute 69.4%. 40.2% of students reported that their meals were partially regular and mostly (87.6%) they did not exercise regularly. Body Mass Index of 72.3% of students is within normal limits. ORTO-11 scale mean score was 28.72±4.84; EAT-26 scale mean score was 8.51±8.20; The mean MOCQL score was found to be 16.21±7.66. In the evaluations made with scale total scores, there was a negative, low and significant difference between the ORTO-11 and EAT-26 scales; There was a negative, moderate and significant correlation between ORTO-11 and MOCQL, and a positive, low and significant correlation between EAT-26 and MOCQL. Discussion: This study, it was revealed that obsessive-compulsive habits and eating attitude disorder may affect orthorexia. Screening and early detection of eating disorders is important as it will provide an early treatment option. 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