title: Film-induced sadness as a trigger for disinhibited eating.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We tested whether film-induced sadness enhances food intake in restrained eaters.
  
  
  METHODS
  Female participants scoring either high or low on a measure of dietary restraint viewed two film segments in counterbalanced order on successive days: an emotionally neutral travelogue and a sad film depicting the death of the young female protagonist.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Contrast analyses revealed that film-induced sadness significantly reduced food intake in low-restraint individuals, but only nonsignificantly increased it in high-restraint individuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When sadness is induced without an apparent ego threat, high-restraint participants may not exhibit as much disinhibited eating as when they are exposed to mood inductions that threaten their self-esteem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Sheppard-Sawyer
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: McNally
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001154:Art; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012649:Self Concept