title: Effects of ostracism and social connection-related activities on adolescents' motivation to eat and energy intake.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Assess the effect of ostracism and social connection-related activities on adolescents' motivation to eat and their energy intake.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants (n = 103; M age = 13.6 years) were either ostracized or included when playing a computer game, Cyberball. Next, they wrote about their friend (social-connection), watched television (distraction), or completed Sudoku puzzles (cognitive-load), and then completed a task to earn points toward snack food and/or socializing. Afterwards, participants were given access to food and social activities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ostracized adolescents were more motivated to earn food than adolescents who were in the included/control condition. Follow-up contrasts indicated that ostracized adolescents who wrote about friends worked more for food points and consumed more food than other adolescents.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that social connection-related activities following ostracism may further deplete self-regulatory resources, thereby resulting in increased unhealthy food patterns. Study limitations as well as clinical implications of these findings are discussed.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, Buffalo, NY 14214-3000, USA. ssalvy@buffalo.edu
authors: Sarah-Jeanne
authors: SJ
authors: Salvy
authors: Julie C
authors: JC
authors: Bowker
authors: Lauren A
authors: LA
authors: Nitecki
authors: Melissa A
authors: MA
authors: Kluczynski
authors: Lisa J
authors: LJ
authors: Germeroth
authors: James N
authors: JN
authors: Roemmich
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D013690:Television