Impact of verbal mimicry on children’s fruit consumption
| Autor: | Jacques Fischer-Lokou, Angélique Martin, Nicolas Guéguen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire de Psychologie : Cognition, Comportement, Communication (LP3C - EA1285), Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut Brestois des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (IBSHS), Université de Brest (UBO) |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Food habits
Food consumption [SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/Psychology 050109 social psychology 050105 experimental psychology Childhood obesity [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences Compliance (psychology) Developmental psychology medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Fruit consumption Consumption (economics) Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology 05 social sciences food and beverages Advertising medicine.disease Mimicry Childhood obesity Mimicry Eating behavior business Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Food Quality and Preference Food Quality and Preference, Elsevier, 2016, 49, pp.100-105 |
| ISSN: | 0950-3293 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.11.006 |
| Popis: | International audience; Research has shown that mimicking someone is a way for solicitors to be perceived more positively and to increase compliance with a helping request. The effect of mimicking on children and on compliance with a request for change in food consumption, however, has never been examined. Nine- and 11-year-old children (N = 57) were either mimicked or not by an instructor at the beginning of an interaction. Then, the children were asked to eat a piece of fruit in their afternoon snack for at least 1 week and to try not to eat candy or drink soda for at least 1 week. The results show that children who were mimicked by the instructor consumed more fruit in their afternoon snack and they did so for a longer period of time. Children who were mimicked also asked their parents to buy fruit, and they wanted to continue eating fruit in their afternoon snack. These changes in their fruit consumption were confirmed by their mother (N = 25). These results suggest that mimicry can influence child behavior and could be used to promote changes in eating behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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