Dieting as a case of behavioural decision making. Does self-control matter?

Kuijer, Roel; Ridder, Denise de; Ouwehand, Carolijn; Houx, Bart B.; Bos, Ruud van den

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2008.03.014

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“…126 For some, a controlled approach to eating might come more naturally, and these people may find it easier to maintain their planned eating behavior in situations where others experience disinhibition. 2,120 There is also evidence that people can learn to self-regulate better, although the potential for transfer of knowledge between research into self-regulation and research into cognitive control of eating behavior remains largely unexplored. In particular, the most effective way to promote appropriate forms of self-control around food is not yet established.…”

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“…Most approaches to measuring restraint do not distinguish between those with and without a concurrent tendency to overeat. 2,23,24 Two laboratory studies that attempted to identify whether restraint or disinhibition are primarily associated with counter-regulation found that in normal weight women, post-preload counter-regulation is only seen in those with high TFEQ restraint scores who also have high scores on the TFEQ disinhibition subscale. 25,26 In contrast, high disinhibition predicted higher post-preload intake regardless of level of restraint.…”

Section: Widely Used Methods Of Measuring Dietary Restraint Confound mentioning

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“…Restrained eating was associated with worse decision-making in individuals low in self-control and better decision-making in those with high self-control. 2 It has been suggested that a key difference between restrained eaters who are successful in their attempts to control their eating and those who are unsuccessful lies in their cognitive responses to palatable food cues. In successful dieters, such cues activate a long-term 'dieting' goal, whereas in unsuccessful dieters they activate the hedonic 'eating' goal.…”

Section: Links Between Restraint and General Self-regulatory Capacitymentioning

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“…Choosing to eat in ways that meet longer-term goals of promoting a healthy and desired body weight, over those that give the most immediate pleasure, appears to represent an adaptive way to respond to a plentiful, palatable and energy-dense food supply. 2 In domains other than eating, effective self-regulation is consistently viewed as a desirable behavioral characteristic. 3 However, the proposition that individuals should monitor and control their food intake has been highly controversial.…”

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Dietary restraint and self-regulation in eating behavior

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Self-control is generally viewed as highly desirable. In the eating behavior domain, however, the dominance of restraint theory has made the proposition that individuals should attempt to control their eating more controversial. This review discusses evidence from the dietary restraint literature and from studies of self-regulation processes to examine how far self-imposed control around food can be seen as beneficial for effective weight management. Epidemiological and field study evidence provides little support for the proposition that restrained eating causes disinhibited eating patterns. Restraint is often initiated as a response to weight gain, and the co-occurrence of disinhibited and restrained eating patterns on an individual level might better be explained by restraint acting as a marker for overeating tendencies. A sustained effort to monitor and control food intake characterizes successful long-term weight maintenance, suggesting that self-regulation in the eating domain is essential for those with a tendency to gain weight. Evidence from the literature on cognitive self-regulation suggests that there may be potential for people to learn to self-regulate better, both through training and controlled exposure techniques. Integration of the disparate theories of self-regulation is needed to identify the best ways of promoting self-regulation in order to support effective weight control, both in clinical and community settings.

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“…The 36-item Tangney Self Control Scale measures general self-control and although it has been used in a number of studies to measure self-control in relation to eating behaviors and weight managment [72][73][74] , the control over eating is often measured by using the revised shortened versions of the original Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) [75][76][77] , which measures three domains of eating behaviors: cognitive restraint (control over food intake to influence body weight and body shape), uncontrolled eating (tendency to lose control over eating when feeling hungry or when exposed to external stimuli), and emotional eating (propensity to overeat in relation to negative mood states). The two shortened versions have been developed in an obese population after it has been demonstrated that the original three factor structure lost its sensitivity in those samples [76] .…”

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Assessment of psychological predictors of weight loss: How and what for?

Lazzeretti¹,

Rotella²,

Pala³

et al. 2015

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Obesity is a multifactorial disease and the prominent factors playing a role in its pathogenesis are biological, environmental and psychological. There is a growing interest in understanding psychological functioning of obese subjects and the influence of psychological factors on treatment outcome. The aim of the present narrative review is to critically analyze the current literature, in order to point out the most common psychological constructs studied in obesity and to give an overview of the main existing tools investigating psychological features which have been considered significant for the prediction of success in weight loss and maintenance programs in obese patients. In this framework, the most common psychological constructs studied are: self-motivation, self-efficacy, locus of control, health related quality of life, self-esteem, self-control, concerns about body image, outcome expectations, and personality traits. These features have been explored through a wide variety of psychometric instruments. However, as an overall, studies evaluating the association between psychological features and treatment outcome failed to give consistent results. A possible explanation may consist on the fact that many tools widely used to explore psychological features were not specifically designed for obese patients and none of them was comprehensive of all possible psychological features involved. The identification of well-defined subgroups of patients and the validation of more reliable and comprehensive tools, specifically designed for obese subjects, should be forecasted in order to reach a better knowledge of psychological functioning of obese individuals and to improve the outcome of weight loss programs.

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Motivational cues: The role of perceived senders' self‐control ability in raters' deception judgements

Zou

Cai

et al. 2014

Int J Psychol

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Previous studies have found that senders' personal traits may be used by others to make judgements about the senders' truthfulness. Two studies were conducted to examine whether perceived self-control ability has an effect on deception judgement. Perceived self-control was hypothesized to act as a motivational cue that participants would use to assess the sender's motivation to lie, which in turn would influence their deception judgement. Results revealed that when participants assessed the sender as having higher self-control ability, they would consider the sender to be less motivated to lie in daily life (Study 1), and judge the sender more truthful in a text-based deception judgement task (Study 2). However, the effect of perceived self-control ability disappeared in a video-based task (Study 2), likely due to the multitude of various cues available in audio-visual stimuli. The theoretical and applied implications of the results are discussed.

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Dieting as a case of behavioural decision making. Does self-control matter?

Cited by 55 publications

References 34 publications

Dietary restraint and self-regulation in eating behavior

Dietary restraint and self-regulation in eating behavior

Assessment of psychological predictors of weight loss: How and what for?

Motivational cues: The role of perceived senders' self‐control ability in raters' deception judgements

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