Do food representations mediate the relationship between self-control and body weight? (360G-Wellcome-202622_Z_16_Z)

£2,000

In line with the grounded theory of desire and motivated behaviour (Papies and Barsalou, 2015), Papies (2013) demonstrates that hedonic and situational mental representations underlie desire to eat attractive unhealthy food. The ability to resist this desire is called self-control (SC). Although there have been a number of attempts of explaining trait SC (see De Ridder et al., 2012), it has remained unclear how it precisely operates. This study aims at expanding on Papies (2013) by investigating the relationship between representations of unhealthy foods, SC and body weight outcomes (indicated by body mass index, BMI). Thus four predictions are made: (1) trait SC will be negatively associated with BMI; (2) hedonic and situational representations of tempting food will be associated with higher BMI and with lower SC scores; (3) health representations of tempting food will be associated with lower BMI and with higher SC scores; and (4) the association of SC and BMI will be mediated by hedonic, situational, and health representations of tempting foods. Feature listing task (Papies, 2013), Self-Control Scale (Tangley et al., 2004) and information about weight and height will be used to test the hypotheses.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 2000
Applicant Surname Lazarova
Approval Committee Internal Decision Panel for C&S
Award Date 2016-04-01T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2015/16
Grant Programme: Title Vacation Scholarships
Internal ID 202622/Z/16/Z
Lead Applicant Miss Ani Lazarova
Partnership Value 2000
Planned Dates: End Date 2016-09-17T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2016-07-18T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Scotland