Disinhibited eating by resourceful restrained eaters.
Restrained eaters who reported consistent use of a variety of self-control skills were expected to avoid disinhibited eating in a high-risk situation better than were restrained eaters, who reportedly used fewer self-control skills. Eighty women were selected as subjects on the basis of their scores on the Revised Restraint Scale and the Self-Control Schedule. A 2 x 2 design was used: Restraint (high, low) x Self-Control (high, low). Subjects participated in the usual "preload + taste-test" restraint paradigm. Restrained eaters who reported high self-control skills disinhibited their eating significantly more (not less, as expected) than all other groups.
Kirschenbaum
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
Dykman
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D001835:Body Weight; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D013649:Taste