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Film-induced Sadness as a Trigger for Disinhibited Eating by Christine L. Sheppard-Sawyer; Richard J. McNally; Jennifer Harnden Fischer is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.

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Objective: We tested whether film-induced sadness enhances food intake in restrained eaters. Method: 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 highrestraint individuals. Discussion: 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.

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Author

Christine L. Sheppard-Sawyer; Richard J. McNally; Jennifer Harnden Fischer

Publisher

Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0276-3478)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)