Rethink your stress and eat less - The effect of positive reappraisal on stress-induced eating
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My project aimed to extend the existing literature on stress-induced eating by investigating whether positive stress appraisal (SA) (i.e. generating a stress-is-enhancing mindset) compared to negative SA (generating a stress-is-debilitating mindset) could reduce the consumption of palatable high-sugar, high-fat food in response to acute stress. It was predicted that participants encouraged…
Published by The School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen
