EMOTIONS AND EATING IN EVERYDAY LIFE: APPLICATION OF THE EXPERIENCE-SAMPLING METHOD
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Previous research emphasized relationships between negative emotions and eating. This study explored associations of both positive and negative emotions with eating by experience-sampling in the natural environment. Eight healthy volunteers (6 female, 2 male) were beeped at random intervals, 10 times daily on 7 consecutive days. Upon each signal, participants rated their emotional state and indicated whether they had eaten during the previous 15 minutes. In total, 485 situations were sampled. Emotional states reported in these situations were classified by cluster analysis. In 145 situations subjects reported having eaten. Thirty-seven percent of eating bouts occurred in situations classified as emotionally positive; 30% occurred in situations classified as emotionally negative. Participants rated that eating influenced their emotional state to a higher degree in emotionally positive situations than in emotionally negative ones. Positive emotions may play a stronger role in the relationship between emotions and eating than has been generally acknowledged.
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Negative and positive emotional eating types may occur at similar rates.
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“Furthermore, no research to date has directly examined relationships between positive emotional eating and mindfulness facets, a concerning gap in the literature considering that negative and positive emotional eating types may occur at similar rates [37], that positive emotional eating is a common trigger for eating…”
Background
- Authors
- MACHT, M., HAUPT, C., & SALEWSKY, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Würzburg (DE)
- ORCID
- MACHT, MICHAEL
- Venue
- Ecology of Food and Nutrition
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2004-07
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 11-21
- ISSN
- 0367-0244 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-5237
- OpenAlex
- W2050439754
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 35
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- FWCI
- 1.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Ecology of Food and Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- positive emotions, negative emotions, dietary habits, emotional state, ecological momentary assessment, dietary intake
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