What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behavior
Abstract People seem to have a basic drive to assess the correctness of their opinions, abilities, and emotions. Without absolute indicators of these qualities, people rely on a comparison of themselves with others. Social comparison theory can be applied to eating behavior. For example, restrained...
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| description | Abstract People seem to have a basic drive to assess the correctness of their opinions, abilities, and emotions. Without absolute indicators of these qualities, people rely on a comparison of themselves with others. Social comparison theory can be applied to eating behavior. For example, restrained eaters presented with a standard slice of pizza ate more of a subsequent food if they thought that they had gotten a bigger slice of pizza than others (i.e., had broken their diets), whereas unrestrained eaters ate less. Social influences on eating such as modeling and impression formation also rely on comparison of one’s own eating to others. Comparing one’s food to others’ meals generally influences eating, affect, and satisfaction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-807f01d4d39a4563aa7d2593046b7f712023-02-02T21:56:19ZengBMCJournal of Eating Disorders2050-29742017-04-01511510.1186/s40337-017-0148-0What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behaviorJanet Polivy0University of TorontoAbstract People seem to have a basic drive to assess the correctness of their opinions, abilities, and emotions. Without absolute indicators of these qualities, people rely on a comparison of themselves with others. Social comparison theory can be applied to eating behavior. For example, restrained eaters presented with a standard slice of pizza ate more of a subsequent food if they thought that they had gotten a bigger slice of pizza than others (i.e., had broken their diets), whereas unrestrained eaters ate less. Social influences on eating such as modeling and impression formation also rely on comparison of one’s own eating to others. Comparing one’s food to others’ meals generally influences eating, affect, and satisfaction.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40337-017-0148-0Social comparisonEatingSocial influenceRestrained eaters |
| spellingShingle | Janet Polivy What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behavior Journal of Eating Disorders Social comparison Eating Social influence Restrained eaters |
| title | What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behavior |
| title_full | What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behavior |
| title_fullStr | What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behavior |
| title_short | What’s that you’re eating? Social comparison and eating behavior |
| title_sort | what s that you re eating social comparison and eating behavior |
| topic | Social comparison Eating Social influence Restrained eaters |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40337-017-0148-0 |
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