RESTRAINT AND PERCEPTION OF BODY-WEIGHT AMONG BRITISH ADULTS

Citation
C. Dewberry et Jm. Ussher, RESTRAINT AND PERCEPTION OF BODY-WEIGHT AMONG BRITISH ADULTS, The Journal of social psychology, 134(5), 1994, pp. 609-619
Citations number
47
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
ISSN journal
00224545
Volume
134
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
609 - 619
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4545(1994)134:5<609:RAPOBA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A sample of 533 adults (268 women and 265 men) representative of the g eneral population of Great Britain were interviewed so that the extent and effects of restraint, using the Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionna ire (DEBQ; Van Strien, Frijters, Bergers, & Defares, 1986) and the ext ent of overestimation of body weight could be examined. High-restraint subjects reported more guilt about food and eating and a greater like lihood of overeating in reaction to dysphoric mood, and they were more apt to overestimate their body size. Women reported significantly hig her restraint, more guilt after eating in various types of social situ ations, and more overeating in reaction to dysphoric mood. Higher soci al class was associated with reports of guilt about a greater number o f foods and with reports of more overeating when under stress or tired . Age was positively associated with guilt and negatively associated w ith overeating in reaction to being under stress, tired, or depressed.