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Social interaction effects on restrained eating.

C S Copeland·D J Woods·K G Hursey
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The eating behavior of college women scoring within either the above-average or middle ranges on the Restraint Scale was compared following brief social encounters with male students or other female students, or a no-encounter control situation. The eating of average restraint women was significantly depressed following interaction with a partner whom the subjects considered attractive. For high restraint women a nonsignificant tendency towards disinhibition of eating following interaction with an attractive other occurred. Personality ratings by partners indicated that high restraint women presented a distinct social persona to male, but not female, strangers in the brief experimental interaction.

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C S Copeland, D J Woods, K G Hursey. 1995. Social interaction effects on restrained eating.. https://doi.org/10.1002/1098-108x(199501)17%3A1%3C97%3A%3Aaid-eat2260170113%3E3.0.co%3B2-j

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