Positive Mood and Resistance to Temptation: The Interfering Influence of Elevated Arousal

Fedorikhin, Alexander; Patrick, Vanessa M.

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“…13 Often called "emotional eating," where people may eat fat and sugary foods when feeling unhappy. Gardener et al (2014) find the link between negative emotion and unhealthy food, and Fedorikhin and Patrick (2010) find that people are likely to choose healthy foods over unhealthy foods (grapes vs. chocolate) when they are in a positive mood. A high level of stress and a low level of life satisfaction are both predictors of weight gain (Korkila et al, 1998).…”

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Life satisfaction, overweightness and obesity

Kuroki

2016

Intnl. J. Wellbeing

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Many economists share the view that the rise in obesity is largely the result of rational decision-making by individuals who compare risks and benefits. A dominant view among economists is that there is no economic justification for government intervention unless there is a market failure. However, recent developments in behavioral economics suggests that people often fail to make optimal decisions, and that public welfare may be improved by government interventions even when there is no externality. This paper examines the association between one's body weight and life satisfaction by utilizing data on self-reported life satisfaction, which approximates individual utility, after briefly reviewing the economics of obesity and discussing the rationale and justification of obesity-related policies. Using a large data set (N = 1,465,219), it is found that life satisfaction of people who are overweight or obese is lower. The adverse life satisfaction effect of obesity remains statistically significant, even when socioeconomic factors and obesity-related health variables are controlled. The findings suggest that many overweight and obese people may be making sub-optimal decisions when it comes to eating. While the findings are not causal and thus do not necessarily suggest that government intervention will be welfareenhancing even in the absence of negative externalities, effective anti-obesity policies may lead to higher life satisfaction among many overweight people who are struggling with self-control problems.

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Life satisfaction, overweightness and obesity

Kuroki

2016

Intnl. J. Wellbeing

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“…We used various hedonic and utilitarian products in our manipulations. Previous works employ either the same product with different framinghedonic versus utilitarian (e.g., Botti and McGill 2011) or different products (e.g., Fedorikhin and Patrick 2010). We are aware of the limitations of using different products instead of using the same product with different framing.…”

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Enjoy! Hedonic Consumption and Compliance with Assertive Messages

2012

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“…Emotions clearly play an influential role when it comes to such self-control-relevant food choices, yet this impact has been demonstrated to be either positive or negative, depending not only on valence (Andrade 2005;Garg, Wansink, and Inman 2007) but also on additional factors such as goal accessibility, emotion transience, or arousal (Fedorikhin and Patrick 2010;Fishbach and Labroo 2007;Labroo and Mukhopadhyay 2009). In considering the circumstances that influence food consumption exhibited subsequent to experiencing positive affect, we propose that future temporal focus appraisals associated with specific positive emotions (Ellsworth and Smith 1988) decrease unhealthy food consumption.…”

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Helpful Hopefulness: The Effect of Future Positive Emotions on Consumption

Winterich¹,

Haws²

2011

J Consum Res

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Although positive affect may enhance self-control, some research suggests that this is not always the case. To clarify this relationship, we investigate the role of temporal focus on the effect of specific positive emotions on self-control dilemmas in snack consumption. In four studies, we demonstrate that participants experiencing a future-focused positive emotion (i.e., hopefulness) consume less unhealthy food and have lower preferences for unhealthy snacks than those in a past- or present-focused emotional state (i.e., pride, happiness). We demonstrate the role of temporal focus through its natural occurrence in emotion-induction essays (study 1), chronic temporal focus (study 2), and manipulation of anticipated versus retrospective emotional states (study 3). A fourth study demonstrates that self-control benefits do not arise from future-focused negative emotions (i.e., fear) as they do from future-focused positive emotions. These results suggest that consumers may benefit from adapting the temporal focus of positive emotions to the future.

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Positive Mood and Resistance to Temptation: The Interfering Influence of Elevated Arousal

Cited by 161 publications

References 55 publications

Life satisfaction, overweightness and obesity

Life satisfaction, overweightness and obesity

Enjoy! Hedonic Consumption and Compliance with Assertive Messages

Helpful Hopefulness: The Effect of Future Positive Emotions on Consumption

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