Tuomisto T, Hetherington M M, Morris M F, Tuomisto M T, Turjanmaa V, Lappalainen R
Department of Clinical Physiology, Medical School, University of Tampere, Finland.
Int J Eat Disord. 1999 Mar;25(2):169-75. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1098-108x(199903)25:2<169::aid-eat6>3.0.co;2-b.
Drug addicts in general can be distinguished from nonaddicts by their affective and physiological and craving responses to drug-related cues. The purpose of this study was to examine similar affective, physiological, and behavioral variables in chocolate "addicts" and control subjects.
Sixteen addicts and 15 control subjects took part in two laboratory experiments in which their heart rate, salivation, and self-reported responses were measured.
In the presence of external chocolate cues, chocolate addicts were more aroused, reported greater cravings, experienced more negative affect, and also ate more chocolate than control subjects. Self-report measures on eating attitudes and behavior, body image, and depression confirmed that a relationship exists between "chocolate addiction" and problem eating. Chocolate addicts showed more aberrant eating behaviors and attitudes than controls, and were also significantly more depressed.
Chocolate addicts may be considered to be a parallel with addicts generally, because they differ from controls in craving for chocolate, eating behavior, and psychopathology (in respect of eating and affect).
一般来说，吸毒成瘾者可通过他们对与毒品相关线索的情感、生理和渴望反应与非成瘾者区分开来。本研究的目的是检验巧克力“成瘾者”和对照受试者中类似的情感、生理和行为变量。
16名成瘾者和15名对照受试者参与了两项实验室实验，测量了他们的心率、唾液分泌和自我报告的反应。
在有外部巧克力线索的情况下，巧克力成瘾者比对照受试者更兴奋，报告有更强烈的渴望，经历更多负面情绪，并且吃的巧克力也更多。关于饮食态度和行为、身体形象及抑郁的自我报告测量结果证实，“巧克力成瘾”与问题饮食之间存在关联。巧克力成瘾者比对照受试者表现出更多异常的饮食行为和态度，并且抑郁程度也明显更高。
巧克力成瘾者可被视为与一般成瘾者类似，因为他们在对巧克力的渴望、饮食行为和精神病理学（在饮食和情感方面）上与对照受试者不同。
