TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Breaking the link between negative emotion and unhealthy eating: the role of emotion regulation
JO  - Affective science
A1  - Langley, Erika B.
A1  - O'Leary, Daniel J.
A1  - Gross, James J.
A1  - Shiota, Michelle N.
SP  - 702
EP  - 710
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
N2  - Stressful experiences frequently lead to increased consumption of unhealthy foods, high in sugar and fat yet low in nutrients. Can emotion regulation help break this link? In a laboratory experiment (N = 200), participants were encouraged to ruminate on a current, distressing personal problem, followed by instruction to use a specific emotion regulation strategy for managing feelings around that problem (challenge appraisal, relaxation/distraction, imagined social support, no-instruction control). Participants then spent 15 min on an anagram task in which 80% of items were unsolvable-a frustrating situation offering a second, implicit opportunity to use the regulation strategy. During the anagram task they had free access to a snack basket containing various options. Analyses revealed significant differences among regulation conditions in consumption of candy versus healthy snack options; challenge appraisal led to the healthiest snack choices, imagined social support to the least healthy snack choices.     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42761-023-00190-5.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2662-2041
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42761-023-00190-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -