Conformity and dietary disinhibition: a test of the ego-strength model of self-regulation
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This article examines how restrained and unrestrained eaters respond to conformity. The authors, applying a ego-strength model in their study, conclude that restrained and unrestrained eaters ultimately ate the same amount, with the restrained eaters depleting their reserves of ego strength in the face of conformity and breaking down to eat diet-breaking items.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2003
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Preoccupation, food, and failure: an investigation of cognitive performance deficits in dieters
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This article examines the metabolic and psychological causes of cognitive performance deficits in dieters. The authors, evaluating dieters and nondieters who have just eaten a high-energy chocolate bar, maintain the dieters' peformance on memory task was impaired due to preoccupation over diet-related thoughts.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2003
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Do preschool children understand what it means to "diet", and do they do it?
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The study determined what preschool children understand about dieting and the extent to which they report engaging in dieting behaviors. Children did not have a clear understanding of the word diet, thus, the use of the word diet should be avoided when assessing eating behaviors.
Publication Name: The International Journal of Eating Disorders
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0276-3478
Year: 2005
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