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The effects on eating of dietary restraint, anxiety, and hunger
Author(s) -
Steere Jane,
Cooper Peter J.
Publication year - 1993
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(199303)13:2<211::aid-eat2260130209>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry
In this study a comparison was made between the amounts eaten by restrained and unrestrained eaters following an anxiety‐induction procedure. Subjects' level of perceived hunger was assessed and the interactive effects on eating of anxiety and perceived hunger were examined. Results revealed a significant three‐way interaction. Unrestrained subjects did not alter their eating in response to either anxiety or hunger. When relaxed, restrained subjects ate more when hungry than when not hungry. However, in restrained subjects, anxiety appeared to counteract the disinheriting effect of hunger, so that anxious hungry subjects ate less than relaxed hungry subjects and the same amount as relaxed subjects who were not hungry. © 1993 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.