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dc.contributor.advisorReid, Rosieen
dc.contributor.authorWright, Benjamin Jamesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-05T09:42:38Z
dc.date.available2014-09-05T09:42:38Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationWright, 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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10788/1965
dc.description.abstractObjectives: 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.isoenen
dc.publisherDublin Business Schoolen
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dc.subjectPsychologyen
dc.subjectClinical health psychologyen
dc.titlePreference for high/low calorie food dependant on mood, personality traits and perceived stressen
dc.typeFinal Year Projecten
dc.rights.holderCopyright: The authoren
dc.type.degreenameBA (Hons) in Psychologyen
dc.type.degreelevelBA (Hons)en


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