"Hunger" is a concept whose operational definition is ambiguously defined in humans. A scale was built, using as items some typical target behaviors of TCC, the SBEB (Scale of Borderline Eating Behaviors). Administered to a first sample of 140 obese outpatients and to a second sample of 400 university students, total SBEB scores were significantly and linearly associated with BMI in both samples, and the subscore of state-dependent eating was also higher in the more severe obese. Some support is given to the hypothesis that a mislabeled sense of "hunger" may underlie the development of overweight or hamper attempts at weight reduction.
The illusion of hunger and learning of overeating as a passive coping / Sibilia, Lucio; Abruzzo, Patrizia; Capezzuto, Silvia. - In: PSICOTERAPIA COGNITIVA E COMPORTAMENTALE. - ISSN 1126-1072. - STAMPA. - 14:(2008), pp. 107-108. (Intervento presentato al convegno 6th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy tenutosi a Roma, Italy nel June, 19-22, 2008).
The illusion of hunger and learning of overeating as a passive coping.
SIBILIA, Lucio;
2008
Abstract
"Hunger" is a concept whose operational definition is ambiguously defined in humans. A scale was built, using as items some typical target behaviors of TCC, the SBEB (Scale of Borderline Eating Behaviors). Administered to a first sample of 140 obese outpatients and to a second sample of 400 university students, total SBEB scores were significantly and linearly associated with BMI in both samples, and the subscore of state-dependent eating was also higher in the more severe obese. Some support is given to the hypothesis that a mislabeled sense of "hunger" may underlie the development of overweight or hamper attempts at weight reduction.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
