Stress Related Overeating Among College Students [microform] : Development of a Mood Eating Scale / Linda J. Jackson and Raymond C. Hawkins
- Bib ID:
- 5384522
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Jackson, Linda J
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- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED188087
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980
- 37 p.
- Summary:
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The hypothesis that negative emotional life states accompanying life stresses are associated with overeating and weight gain cannot be adequately tested solely by laboratory analogue studies. Naturalistic, short-term longitudinal designs are needed in which individuals susceptible to mood eating can be identified prior to a stressful event and followed up to determine weight changes. College students in two samples completed questionnaires on height, weight, restraint, eating habits, self-image, and life events. Mood eating tendencies, which were more frequently reported by both overweight and normal-weight females than males, were associated with self-monitored dysphoric moods and negative self-evaluations. Subjects with high scores on the Mood Eating Scale were likely to be restrictive dieters reporting binge-eating tendencies and dissatisfaction with weight-related appearance. Results suggest that the Mood Eating Scale is a viable measure of a mediating variable, a cognitive appraisal process intervening between life and weight changes. (Author/HLM)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association (26th, Oklahoma City, OK, April 10-12, 1980). For related documents see CG 014 451 and CG 014 479.
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- Hawkins, Raymond C, author
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