Eaten Up by Boredom: Consuming Food to Escape Awareness of the Bored Self.

Research indicates that being bored affectively marks an appraised lack of meaning in the present situation and in life. We propose that state boredom increases eating in an attempt to distract from this experience, especially among people high in objective self-awareness. Three studies were conduct...

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Main Authors: Andrew Bryan Moynihan, Wijnand A.P. van Tilburg, Eric R. Igou, Arnaud eWisman, Alan E. Donnelly, Jessie B. Mulcaire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00369/full