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Evaluation of a Brief Cognitive Defusion Training For Sweet Cravings Among College Students

Taylor, Maija Broox
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4764-4925
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1488292646988014

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Clinical.
Objective: To compare the short-term impact of an in-lab cognitive defusion training for sweet food cravings with a control condition (use of a self-selected craving management strategy) on craving, cognitive fusion, acceptance of and willingness to resist food cravings, and consumption of sweet foods. Methods: Undergraduate and graduate volunteers attending Bowling Green State University were quasi-randomly assigned to either the experimental intervention condition (n = 50) or the control condition (n = 46). Participants were young (Mage = 20.3, SD = 3.8), primarily female (77%), and non-Hispanic white (82%). The average body mass index was 25.1 (SD = 6.1), and 31% of the sample was overweight or obese. Results: There were no main effects for condition on any of the dependent measures, but self-reported total sweet food consumption and cognitive fusion decreased in both conditions from baseline to two-week follow-up. Conclusions: The main effects for time could indicate that participants who are seeking to reduce consumption of sweet foods benefit from practicing craving management strategies during exposure to sweet foods, self-monitoring consumption of sweet foods, and/or receiving text messages prompting use of craving management strategies regardless of the specific strategies they employ. However, placebo effects, social desirability biases, and recall errors may also account for the apparent effect of time on craving and consumption.
Harold Rosenberg (Advisor)
Susan Brown (Other)
Dara Musher-Eizenman (Committee Member)
Richard Anderson (Committee Member)
William O'Brien (Committee Member)
139 p.
Health; Nutrition
cognitive defusion; mindfulness; sugar; food cravings; college students

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  • Taylor, M. B. (2018). Evaluation of a Brief Cognitive Defusion Training For Sweet Cravings Among College Students [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1488292646988014

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Taylor, Maija. Evaluation of a Brief Cognitive Defusion Training For Sweet Cravings Among College Students. 2018. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1488292646988014.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Taylor, Maija. "Evaluation of a Brief Cognitive Defusion Training For Sweet Cravings Among College Students." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1488292646988014

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