dc.contributor.advisor | Reid, Rosie | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wright, Benjamin James | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-05T09:42:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-05T09:42:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wright, B.J. (2014). Preference for high/low calorie food dependant on mood, personality traits and perceived stress. Bachelors Final Year Project, Dublin Business School. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10788/1965 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To see if Mood (PANAS-X ‘sadness’ and ‘fatigue’), Personality traits (‘conscientiousness’ and ‘openness’) and Perceived Stress had an effect on preference for high calorie, fatty foods/low calorie, low fat foods. Method: Sixty participants aged between 18-49 were tested for scores on Mood, Personality and Perceived Stress scales which were then correlated with scores that participants gave when rating 24 food images of; 12 high calorie, fatty foods and 12 low calorie, low fat food images. Results: High scores for Sadness were related to higher rating scores for the high calorie, fatty food images (p = .002). Conclusions: Sadness is linked to a preference for high calorie, fatty foods. The negative affect of this mood (sadness) leads to a craving for the high calorie, fatty foods, which results in a higher rate of consumption of these types of food. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Dublin Business School | en |
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dc.rights.uri | esource.dbs.ie/copyright | |
dc.subject | Psychology | en |
dc.subject | Clinical health psychology | en |
dc.title | Preference for high/low calorie food dependant on mood, personality traits and perceived stress | en |
dc.type | Final Year Project | en |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright: The author | en |
dc.type.degreename | BA (Hons) in Psychology | en |
dc.type.degreelevel | BA (Hons) | en |