Kaneko Michihiro, Ueda Yoshiyuki
Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Front Psychol. 2023 Jan 12;13:1095636. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1095636. eCollection 2022.
Social exclusion affects the fundamental needs of individuals, and their coping behavior is moderated by their dispositional need to belong. Eating can be one such behavior. However, it is unclear how people with a higher or lower dispositional need to belong respond with respect to food consumption in response to social exclusion. Thus, this study aims to investigate which of these groups eat more food after social exclusion. Ninety-seven university students in Japan participated in two types of Cyberball games (where they either experienced social exclusion or social inclusion) in which their social exclusion status was manipulated. They subsequently participated in a test in which they ate as many cookies as they desired. Finally, they answered questions about their dispositional need to belong. Their BMI was also recorded. Results showed that when socially excluded, individuals with a low need to belong increased their consumption, while those with a high need to belong did not. We suggest that people with a lower need to belong are more inclined to focus on goals other than inclusion and instead use eating as a coping mechanism.
社会排斥会影响个体的基本需求，而他们的应对行为会受到其内在归属感需求的调节。饮食可能就是这样一种行为。然而，尚不清楚归属感需求较高或较低的人在面对社会排斥时会如何应对食物消费。因此，本研究旨在调查这两组人中哪一组在社会排斥后会吃更多食物。97名日本大学生参与了两种类型的网络抛球游戏（在游戏中他们要么经历社会排斥，要么经历社会接纳），在游戏中他们的社会排斥状态被操控。随后，他们参加了一项测试，在测试中他们想吃多少饼干就吃多少。最后，他们回答了关于其内在归属感需求的问题。他们的体重指数也被记录下来。结果显示，当受到社会排斥时，归属感需求低的个体增加了食物摄入量，而归属感需求高的个体则没有。我们认为，归属感需求较低的人更倾向于关注除被接纳之外的目标，而是将饮食作为一种应对机制。
