Effects of distress on eating: the importance of ego-involvement.

نویسندگان

  • T F Heatherton
  • C P Herman
  • J Polivy
چکیده

Schotte (1992) argued that ego threat is not a necessary precondition for the disinhibition of eating in dieters. This article agrees that there are indeed other triggers for disinhibition, as has long been widely acknowledged, but also argues that when distress does act as a trigger for disinhibition, it does so by threatening the dieter's self-image.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of personality and social psychology

دوره 62 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1992