Yang Mengyan, Su Jinlong
School of Psychology, Nanjing Normal University, Gulou District, 122 Ninghai Road, Nanjing, 210024, China.
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Mar;53(3):969-979. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02768-3. Epub 2023 Dec 28.
The prevalence of obesity has been increasing globally in recent decades. Behind the phenomenon, high-fat food consumption has been conceived as an important driver. In the current study, we explored whether mating motive caused an effect on female food choice as well as the psychological mechanism underlying it. In Study 1, we recruited 64 participants from a university and asked them to complete a mating prime, after which they would finish a food choice task in which food with different flavors were shown. In Study 2, we replicated Study 1 with a different mating priming method and examined the mediating role of body shaping desire on the relation between mating motive and female food choice. Results showed that: (1) The salience of mating motive decreased female's high-fat food choice but increased male's high-fat food choice; (2) the effect of mating motive in females was robust and more salient for sweet food rather than salty food; and (3) the body shaping desire partially mediated the effect of mating motive on female food choice.
近几十年来，肥胖症在全球范围内的患病率一直在上升。在这一现象背后，高脂肪食物的消费被认为是一个重要驱动因素。在当前的研究中，我们探讨了交配动机是否会对女性的食物选择产生影响以及其潜在的心理机制。在研究1中，我们从一所大学招募了64名参与者，要求他们完成一次交配启动，之后他们将完成一项食物选择任务，在该任务中会展示不同口味的食物。在研究2中，我们采用不同的交配启动方法重复了研究1，并考察了塑形欲望在交配动机与女性食物选择之间关系中的中介作用。结果表明：（1）交配动机的凸显降低了女性对高脂肪食物的选择，但增加了男性对高脂肪食物的选择；（2）交配动机对女性的影响是显著的，对甜食的影响比对咸味食物的影响更明显；（3）塑形欲望部分中介了交配动机对女性食物选择的影响。
