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dc.contributor.authorMoffitt, Robyn
dc.contributor.authorBrinkworth, Grant
dc.contributor.authorNoakes, Manny
dc.contributor.authorMohr, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-11T02:47:54Z
dc.date.available2018-10-11T02:47:54Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.issn0887-0446
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08870446.2012.694436
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/173126
dc.description.abstractThe present study investigated the effectiveness of two cognitive strategies for resisting a craved food. One-hundred-and-ten self-identified chocolate cravers were randomised to a waiting list control condition or to receive a 60-minute standardised group intervention on cognitive restructuring (CR) or cognitive defusion (CD). All participants were provided with a bag of chocolates which they were instructed to carry with them for seven days and try to resist eating; uneaten chocolates were returned at the end of the study period. Measures included chocolate consumption and other behavioural, cognitive and evaluative self-reported outcomes. Overall, the odds of abstinence from chocolate were 3.26 times higher for participants in the CD than the CR condition. The effect of the interventions depended on baseline cognitive distress levels; for individuals at high levels of cognitive distress the CD condition led to significantly more restraint from chocolate than both the CR and control conditions. In addition, CD led to greater self-reported improvements in eating behaviours during the study period and was rated significantly easier to use and apply than CR. CD is discussed as a simple and efficient approach to manage food cravings and, potentially, other behavioural contributors to obesity.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom74
dc.relation.ispartofpageto90
dc.relation.ispartofissueS2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychology and Health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3901
dc.titleA comparison of cognitive restructuring and cognitive defusion as strategies for resisting a craved food
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMoffitt, Robyn L.


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