Abstract
The current study investigated the presence of an attentional bias towards the processing of body shape and food-related material amongst noneating disordered women. Subjects carried out a computer-based Stroop color-naming task in which they had to name the colors of food-related words, body shape-related words, and two sets of matched neutral words. Significant color-naming disruptions of both food and body shape-related material were found for highly restrained eaters, irrespective of whether they were currently dieting. There were no reliable differences in color-naming times found for low to medium restrained eaters. Procedural differences probably account for the failure of previous studies to reveal such effects in nonclinical groups. © 1993 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
| Translated title of the contribution | Selective attention to food and body shape words in dieters and restrained non-dieters |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 515 - 517 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | International Journal of Eating Disorders |
| Volume | 14 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 1993 |