Abstract
The study described in this chapter was designed to investigate effects of emotion states on quantity of food consumption. It is commonly recognized that emotion states influence eating behavior. The effects of anxiety on eating have been of considerable interest (e.g., Abramson, 1971; Bruch, 1973; Herman & Polivy, 1975; McBride, 1976; Van Buskirk, 1977), but results on eating as a possible anxiety reducer, or on the eating habits of anxious versus nonanxious persons have been inconclusive. There is a suggestion, however, that obesity can be a correlate of depression (e.g., Levy, 1974; Pollitt & Young, 1971) and possibly of hypertension - the latter being suggested by studies in which rats were selectively bred for hypertension (Koletsky, 1975).
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Mehrabian, A. (1987). The Influence of Emotion States on Appetite and Eating. In: Eating Characteristics and Temperament. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8722-0_8
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