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Determining rate of subjective time according to subject sex, weight, and locus of control orientation
Author(s) -
Faulkner Kim Knox,
Gutsch Kenneth Urial
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of eating disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.785
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1098-108X
pISSN - 0276-3478
DOI - 10.1002/1098-108x(198605)5:4<777::aid-eat2260050417>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - locus of control , obesity , psychology , etiology , analysis of variance , developmental psychology , perception , locus (genetics) , social psychology , genetics , medicine , biology , psychiatry , neuroscience , gene
The purpose of the study was to investigate what relationship if any existed among such contingencies as the ability to determine rate of subjective time (RST), the problem of obesity, and the predisposition toward a specific locus of control. A 2 × 2 × 2 ANOVA factorial design was used with 95 subjects who were assigned to 1 of 8 cells according to their weight, sex, and score on the Rotter Internal‐External Locus of Control Scale. A significant finding was that there was a main effect for subject weight (p < .008), i.e., obese subjects had significantly faster RSJ's than their nonobese counterparts. RST was independent of locus of control and subject sex. Results of the study support the role of physiological factors in the etiology of obesity and reveal what may be a common mechanism in the etiology of both obesity and time perception based on hypothalamic function. Implications for future research on the treatment of obesity are discussed.