Social interaction effects on restrained eating

The eating behavior of college women scoring within either the above‐average or middle ranges on the Restraint Scale was compared following brief social encounters with male students or other female students, or a no‐encounter control situation. The eating of average restraint women was significantl...

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Published in:The International journal of eating disorders 1995-01, Vol.17 (1), p.97-100
Main Authors: Copeland, Catherine S., Woods, Donald J., Hursey, Karl G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anorexia nervosa
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
College students
Eating behavior disorders
Eating disorders
Feeding Behavior
Female
Food
Humans
Interpersonal Relations
Male
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Sex Factors
Social research
Women
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Summary:The eating behavior of college women scoring within either the above‐average or middle ranges on the Restraint Scale was compared following brief social encounters with male students or other female students, or a no‐encounter control situation. The eating of average restraint women was significantly depressed following interaction with a partner whom the subjects considered attractive. For high restraint women a nonsignificant tendency towards disinhibition of eating following interaction with an attractive other occurred. Personality ratings by partners indicated that high restraint women presented a distinct social persona to male, but not female, strangers in the brief experimental interaction. © 1995 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN:0276-3478
1098-108X
DOI:10.1002/1098-108X(199501)17:1<97::AID-EAT2260170113>3.0.CO;2-J