Cognitive interference due to food cues in childhood obesity

被引：28

作者：

Braet, C ^{[1
]}

Crombez, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ghent, Fac Psychol & Educ Sci, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

来源：

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY | 2003年 / 32卷 / 01期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1207/S15374424JCCP3201_04

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

Investigated specific information-processing biases for food-relevant stimuli in 34 children, M-age 13 years, SD = 2 years, M = 177% of ideal weight, SD = 24%, who were completing a residential cognitive-behavioral treatment program for severe obesity and 40 matched control children who were not obese, M-age = 13 years, SD = 2 years, M = 103% of ideal weight, SD = 13%. Participants completed a computerized modified Stroop task, which included food words, negative-emotion words, and control words. Results indicated that children in the obesity group displayed a specific interference effect for,food words. It is hypothesized that the observed bias in information processing reflects hypersensitivity for food cues, which can initiate or maintain dysfunctional eating behavior.

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页码：32 / 39

页数：8