Delay of Gratification Predicts Eating in the Absence of Hunger in Preschool-Aged Children
| Autor: | Nichole R. Kelly, Nicole R. Giuliani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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self-regulation
Food intake 030309 nutrition & dietetics Multiple forms lcsh:BF1-990 030209 endocrinology & metabolism preschool Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Negatively associated Inhibitory control Psychology Overeating General Psychology Original Research 0303 health sciences Attentional control Delay of gratification eating in the absence of hunger inhibitory control delay of gratification Increased risk lcsh:Psychology taste test |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021) Frontiers in Psychology |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.650046/full |
| Popis: | Poor ability to regulate one's own food intake based on hunger cues may encourage children to eat beyond satiety, leading to increased risk of diet-related diseases. Self-regulation has multiple forms, yet no one has directly measured the degree to which different domains of self-regulation predict overeating in young children. The present study investigated how three domains of self-regulation (i.e., appetitive self-regulation, inhibitory control, and attentional control) predicted eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) in a community sample of 47 preschool-aged children (Mage = 4.93, SD = 0.86). Appetitive self-regulation, as measured using a delay of gratification task, was significantly and negatively associated with EAH 1 year later (p< 0.5). Measures of inhibitory and attentional control did not significantly predict EAH. These results suggest that food-related self-regulation may be a better predictor of overeating behaviors than general measures of self-regulation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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