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The Attraction of Sugar: An Association between Body Mass Index and Impaired Avoidance of Sweet Snacks
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| Zeitschriftentitel: | Journal of Experimental Psychopathology |
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| Personen und Körperschaften: | , , , , , |
| In: | Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 8, 2017, 1, S. 40-54 |
| Format: | E-Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| veröffentlicht: |
SAGE Publications
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| Zusammenfassung: | <jats:p> The present study investigated implicit approach-avoidance action tendencies towards snack foods (pictorial Approach-Avoidance Task), implicit approach-avoidance associations (verbal approach-avoidance Single-Target IAT) and affective associations (verbal positive-negative Single-Target IAT) with snack foods in a group of unselected student participants (N = 83). Participants with higher BMI scores had more difficulty to avoid sweet, but not salty snack foods on the Approach-Avoidance Task. Furthermore, as shown by both Single-Target IATs, there were no significant associations between BMI on the one hand and approach-avoidance associations and positive-negative affective associations on the other hand. BMI did show a positive correlation with errors made on all tasks. The results found on the Approach-Avoidance Task suggest that not increased approach, but impaired avoidance of sweet snacks, might be related to increased BMI. However, more research is needed to further disentangle these findings. </jats:p> |
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| Umfang: | 40-54 |
| ISSN: |
2043-8087
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| DOI: | 10.5127/jep.052415 |