The Bright Side of Stress-Induced Eating: Eating More When Stressed but Less When Pleased

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-65

  Sproesser, Gudrun ^a   Schupp, Harald T ^a   Renner, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

eating; food intake; inclusion; social exclusion; social influences; stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYPERPHAGIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEASURE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PLEASURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891938529     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613494849     Document Type: Article

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