The relationship between dietary restraint and deficits in reasoning about causes of obesity.
Objective: Increased levels of dietary restraint are associated with deficits on many cognitive tasks. Less is known about how individual differences in restraint influences complex cognition such as reasoning which is the focus of this research. Design: Two experimental studies are reported. In stu...
| Published in: | Psychology & Health Vol. 34; no. 12; pp. 1504 - 1523 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=139413381&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 139413381 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 08870446 7WK jtl: Psychology & Health issn: 08870446 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2019 vid: 34 iid: 12 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 139413381 139413381 139413381 10.1080/08870446.2019.1623890 139413381 ppf: 1504 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: The relationship between dietary restraint and deficits in reasoning about causes of obesity. aug: au: Husted, Margaret Seiss, Ellen Banks, Adrian P. affil: School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK sug: subj: Eating Behavior Obesity Risk Factors Cognition Task Performance and Analysis Human Experimental Studies Causality Body Weight Changes Outcome Assessment Judgment Support, Psychosocial Health Beliefs Decision Making, Clinical Health Behavior Food Preferences ab: Objective: Increased levels of dietary restraint are associated with deficits on many cognitive tasks. Less is known about how individual differences in restraint influences complex cognition such as reasoning which is the focus of this research. Design: Two experimental studies are reported. In study 1, participants (n = 158) completed a causal conditional reasoning task with statements about weight-related and general causal relationships. Study 2 replicated and extended study 1. Participants (n = 108) completed a causal conditional reasoning task focusing on behavioural causes of weight change or general statements. Main outcome measure: Causal conditional reasoning task performance. Results: In study 1, levels of dietary restraint were negatively associated with reasoning abilities for weight-related statements only. Study 2 replicated the negative association between dietary restraint and reasoning finding the effect in both weight-related, and general, causal judgements. Conclusion: The novel findings show that individual differences in dietary restraint have a wider relationship with cognition than previously demonstrated. Results tentatively support theoretical explanations of a reduction in cognitive capacity, rather than differences in belief, explaining reasoning deficits. These findings open an interesting avenue for research and might have implications for effective decision making about personal health behaviours, such as food choice. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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