Selective processing of food and body size words: application of the Stroop test with obese restrained eaters, anorexics, and normals

The specificity of the retardation effect on the Stroop Naming task with eating disorder clients was examined by comparing anorexic patients and normal weight controls with obese restrained eaters. Although the expected differences between normal weight controls and anorexics were found for color na...

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Published inThe International journal of eating disorders Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 279 - 283
Main Authors Long, C.G, Hinton, C, Gillespie, N.K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.04.1994
Wiley
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia Nervosa - psychology
APETITO
APPETIT
Attention
Biological and medical sciences
Body Constitution
Body Image
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
CAPACIDAD MENTAL
CAPACITE MENTALE
Diet, Reducing - psychology
Eating behavior disorders
FACTEUR PSYCHOLOGIQUE
FACTORES PSICOLOGICOS
Female
FEMME
Food
Humans
Medical sciences
MUJERES
Obesity - diet therapy
Obesity - psychology
Personality Inventory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reaction Time
Reading
Reference Values
Semantics
SOBREPESO
SURPOIDS
TRASTORNOS DIGESTIVOS
TROUBLE DIGESTIF
Human
Emotionality
Obesity
Nutrition disorder
Cognition
Anorexia nervosa
Eating disorder
Stroop effect
Information processing
Woman
Restricted diet
Nutritional status
Comparative study
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Summary:The specificity of the retardation effect on the Stroop Naming task with eating disorder clients was examined by comparing anorexic patients and normal weight controls with obese restrained eaters. Although the expected differences between normal weight controls and anorexics were found for color naming of food and body size words, obese restrained eaters were not differentiated from the clinical sample. It is suggested, therefore, that the Stroop phenomena do not have a precise relationship to the extent of psychopathology and that factors such as the ability to "fake" the test and poor concentration leading to general slowing, may explain the results
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ISSN:0276-3478
1098-108X
DOI:10.1002/1098-108X(199404)15:3<279::AID-EAT2260150312>3.0.CO;2-2