title: Effects of distress on eating: the importance of ego-involvement.
abstract: Schotte (1992) argued that ego threat is not a necessary precondition for the disinhibition of eating in dieters. This article agrees that there are indeed other triggers for disinhibition, as has long been widely acknowledged, but also argues that when distress does act as a trigger for disinhibition, it does so by threatening the dieter's self-image.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Heatherton
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Polivy
mesh_terms: D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D004435:Eating; D004532:Ego; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept