title: Conformity and dietary disinhibition: a test of the ego-strength model of self-regulation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ego-strength depletion was examined as an explanation for dietary disinhibition in restrained eaters. We predicted that the depletion of ego strength resulting from having to choose whether to conform would undermine dietary restraint.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed an Asch-type conformity task, after which they completed a taste-rating task in which food intake was measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As predicted, restrained eaters who repeatedly exercised choice ate significantly more than did restrained eaters who did not exercise choice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An ego-strength model of dietary restraint is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. dana@psych.utoronto.ca
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kahan
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Polivy
authors.forename: C Peter
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Herman
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology*; D004532:Ego; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D012925:Social Conformity; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D014796:Visual Perception