Title
The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
Publication Date
2012-4
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Adult; Affect; Anger; Anxiety; Eating; *Emotions; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans; Male; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Self Report
Disciplines
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities | Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms | Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Preventive Medicine
Abstract
We assessed the validity of the emotional eating scale (EES) by examining whether the EES predicted food intake following two negative mood inductions. Participants underwent mood inductions for anxiety, anger and neutral mood, then received snack foods in a sham palatability test. EES anxiety, but not anger, predicted intake. Participants high on EES anxiety consumed more snacks during the anxiety mood induction, whereas participants low on EES anxiety consumed less snacks. Results suggest that EES anxiety is a predictor of anxiety-driven eating and may be used to assess emotional eating when direct observation of intake is not possible.
DOI of Published Version
10.1016/j.appet.2012.01.012
Source
Appetite. 2012 Apr;58(2):563-6. Epub 2012 Jan 14. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Appetite
Related Resources
PubMed ID
22266170
Repository Citation
Schneider, Kristin L.; Panza, Emily; Appelhans, Bradley M.; Whited, Matthew C.; Oleski, Jessica L.; and Pagoto, Sherry L., "The emotional eating scale. Can a self-report measure predict observed emotional eating" (2012). Preventive and Behavioral Medicine Publications. 252.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/prevbeh_pp/252
