Restraint, disinhibition and food-related processing bias.
This study examined associations between restraint, disinhibition and food-related processing bias (FPB, assessed by the emotional Stroop task) in males and females in the UK, Greece and Iran. Results showed high restraint was associated with higher FPB. However, high restrained current dieters showed lower FPB that high restrained non-dieters. There was no significant difference in FPB for those showing high versus low disinhibition. Results are discussed in relation to theories of incentive salience and current concerns.
Tapper
Katy
K
Department of Psychology, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK. k.tapper@swansea.ac.uk <k.tapper@swansea.ac.uk>
Pothos
Emmanuel M
EM
Fadardi
Javad S
JS
Ziori
Eleni
E
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology*; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom