Van Tilburg Wijnand A P, Pekrun Reinhard, Igou Eric R
Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK.
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, NSW 2060, Australia.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Sep 28;12(10):366. doi: 10.3390/bs12100366.
Boredom is an established cause and correlate of eating behavior. Yet, existing work offers a scattered range of plausible motivations for why this is. We examined among 302 people representative of the adult UK population what motivations they had for selecting food during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this related to boredom. As predicted, bored people choose food less for health reasons and more for convenience. Boredom reduced ethical and 'natural content' motivations for selecting food and was not associated with choosing food to regulate one's mood or to experience unfamiliarity. Boredom was also associated with greater absolute changes in weight over the course of the pandemic. Boredom did not predict weight gains or losses overall. These findings offer insights into the role that boredom plays in eating motivations in particular and health-relevant outcomes in general.
无聊是饮食行为的既定成因及相关因素。然而，现有研究对其背后的一系列合理动机探讨较为零散。我们对302名具有英国成年人口代表性的人群进行了调查，了解他们在新冠疫情期间选择食物的动机以及这些动机与无聊的关系。正如预期的那样，感到无聊的人选择食物时较少考虑健康因素，更多是出于方便。无聊降低了选择食物时的道德和“天然成分”动机，且与选择食物来调节情绪或体验新鲜感无关。无聊还与疫情期间体重的更大绝对变化有关。无聊并不能总体预测体重的增加或减少。这些发现为无聊在饮食动机特别是与健康相关结果中所起的作用提供了见解。
