A5008484607- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Media Influence and Health
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
University of Salzburg
2021-2024
ISM University of Management and Economics
2023
Monash University
2021
CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
2021
Center for Research in Psychopathology and Clinical Psychology
2021
Aim: Negative affect can trigger overconsumption of appetitive substances, but specific mechanisms and individual risk factors remain unclear. In two pre-registered studies, we tested whether negative increases approach bias craving for chocolate alcohol, with strongest effects expected in individuals self-reported emotional intake.Methods: Study 1 (N = 87), or neutral was induced on separate days, followed by an approach-avoidance-task ratings. 2 used a more potent induction, included...
Strong cravings for unhealthy foods and implicit tendencies to approach them threaten the physical mental health of vulnerable populations. Yet, measures food have methodological limitations, as existing approach-avoidance tasks (AAT) are often unreliable require specialized hardware. We propose a novel method measure biases: on touchscreen, participants slide their hand either toward item (and away from control images) or it in separate blocks. Adequate attention stimuli is ensured by...
Individuals are thought to be biased towards approaching positive stimuli and avoiding negative stimuli. Yet, it is unclear whether this general pattern applies all stimulus classes or biases more specific. We expected significant approach two types of stimuli, appetitive foods butterflies; avoidance away from spoiled spiders. A touchscreen-based Approach-Avoidance Task (AAT), using hand gestures toward assessed biases. Questionnaires image ratings individual differences in evaluations....
Training motor responses to food images can influence subsequent evaluations of the and even consumption. One important question in literature is whether training people approach versus avoid items different from respond ('go') not responding ('no go') items. Therefore, we systematically investigated mere action, i.e., withholding vs go responses, motivational orientation, avoidance, differentially change stimulus valence. In 60 healthy participants, contrasted approach, non-responses with...
Abstract Objectives A healthy diet is essential for preventing chronic disease and promoting overall health. Translating one's intention to eat into actual behaviour has, however, proven difficult with a range of internal contextual factors identified as driving eating behaviour. Design We leverage Temporal Self‐Regulation Theory examine these momentary determinants' direct moderating effects on the intention–behaviour relation Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). Methods Eighty‐seven...
The tendency to approach food faster than avoid it (i.e., bias) is thought facilitate intake, particularly foods that conflict with one's dietary goals. However, this relationship has been difficult demonstrate, which ties into an ongoing debate about whether such cognitive-behavioral biases represent stable traits or fluctuating states. We thus investigated the temporal fluctuations of bias (1), its within-participant association craving (2) and intake (3), as well role top-down control in...
Approach biases to foods may explain why food consumption often diverges from deliberate dietary intentions. Yet, the assessment of behavioural with approach-avoidance tasks (AAT) is unreliable and validity partially unclear. The present study continues a series studies that develop task based on naturalistic approach avoidance movements touchscreen (hand-AAT). In hand-AAT, participants are instructed respond food/non-food distinction, thereby ensuring attention stimuli. this implies use...
This pre-registered work tests the replicability of seven studies covering most important effects associated with mental accounting across 5,589 participants from 21 countries. Findings support robustness original time and culture, confirming role as a critical driver human decision-making.
Abstract Background Maintaining a healthy body weight and reaching long-term dietary goals requires ongoing self-monitoring behavioral adjustments. How individuals respond to successes failures is described in models of self-regulation: while cybernetic propose that lead increased self-regulatory efforts permit reduction such efforts, motivational (e.g., social-cognitive theory) make opposite predictions. Here, we tested these conflicting an ecological momentary assessment (EMA) context...
The approach-avoidance task (AAT) probes tendencies contributing to unwanted behaviours, like excessive snacking, by measuring RT differences between approach and avoidance responses different stimuli. It retrains such using repeated of appetitive stimuli healthy alternatives. most common paradigm, the irrelevant-feature AAT, conceals these stimulus-response contingencies requiring or based on features irrelevant (e.g. frame colour). Unfortunately, it is an unreliable measure not always...
Introduction Unhealthy eating behaviour is a major contributor to obesity and related diseases associated with behavioural bias approach rather than avoid desired foods, as measured reaction time tasks. Approach-avoidance interventions (AAIs) have been proposed way modify food evaluations help people eat in accordance their dietary goals. Mobile implementations of AAI might be easily accessible, low threshold interventions, but effectiveness has not established yet. Methods analysis...
Measurement of food craving has gained relevance in the current obesity epidemic. The Craving Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) considers not only intensity but also cognitive intrusiveness and imagery vividness as separate factors could thus refine assessment. It is available two versions with ten items each. CEQ-F assesses frequency across specific time periods CEQ-S time-point strength. Across three independent studies, N = 533 participants completed German chocolate referenced at past year...
Reaction time (RT) data are often pre-processed before analysis by rejecting outliers and errors aggregating the data. In stimulus-response compatibility paradigms such as Approach-Avoidance Task (AAT), researchers decide how to pre-process without an empirical basis, leading use of methods that may hurt rather than help quality. To provide this we investigated different pre-processing affect reliability validity task. Our literature review revealed 108 pipelines among 163 examined studies....
<ns4:p>Approach biases to foods may explain why food consumption often diverges from deliberate dietary intentions. When cognitive resources are depleted, implicit responses contribute overeating and overweight. Yet, the assessment of behavioural with approach-avoidance tasks (AAT) is unreliable. We previously addressed methodological limitations AAT by employing naturalistic approach avoidance movements on a touchscreen (hand-AAT) instructing participants respond based food/non-food...
<ns4:p>Approach biases to foods may explain why food consumption often diverges from deliberate dietary intentions. Yet, the assessment of behavioural with approach-avoidance tasks (AAT) is unreliable and validity partially unclear. The present study continues a series studies that develop task based on naturalistic approach avoidance movements touchscreen (hand-AAT). In hand-AAT, participants are instructed respond food/non-food distinction, thereby ensuring attention stimuli. this implies...
Stress frequently influences a person’s propensity to drink alcohol. Inter-individual differences in such stress-related drinking can be assessed through psychometric scales; however, available questionnaires conflate stress- with emotion-related reasons and ignore evidence of decreased alcohol consumption response stress. Therefore, we developed genuine stress –drinking scale (Salzburg Drinking Scale; SSDS), adapted from the Salzburg Eating Scale, its properties. In study 1 (n = 639), SSDS...
Abstract Stress frequently influences a person's propensity to drink alcohol. Inter‐individual differences in such stress‐related drinking can be assessed through psychometric scales; however, available questionnaires conflate stress‐ with emotion‐related reasons and ignore evidence of decreased alcohol consumption response stress. Therefore, we developed genuine stress–drinking scale (Salzburg Drinking Scale; SSDS), adapted from the Salzburg Eating Scale, its properties. In study 1 ( n =...
The approach-avoidance task (AAT) has been used to help individuals avoid unhealthy foods, but results are mixed and often underwhelming. current study explores the psychometric properties bias modifying capability of dual-feature AAT, a novel AAT variant developed modify biases while concealing stimulus-response contingencies requiring participants evaluate stimulus type. In this study, entailed approaching foods avoiding objects if they were surrounded by particular shape, doing opposite...
A healthy diet is essential for preventing chronic disease and promoting overall health. Translating one's intention to eat into actual behavior has, however, proven difficult with a range of internal contextual factors identified as driving eating behavior. We leverage Temporal Self-Regulation Theory examine these momentary determinants’ direct moderating effects on the intention-behavior relation Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA). 87 participants (mage=24.1 years; 59 women, 28 men)...
Measurement and modification of food craving has gained relevance in the current obesity epidemic. The Craving Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) considers not only intensity but also cognitive intrusiveness imagery vividness as facets could thus add to assessment craving. It is available two versions with ten items each assess frequency across time-periods (CEQ-F) time-point specific strength (CEQ-S). In three studies, N = 533 participants completed German chocolate CEQ-F referenced at past...
Background: Training motor responses to food images can influence subsequent evaluations of the and even consumption. One important question in literature is whether training people approach versus avoid items different from respond (‘go’) not responding (‘no go’) items. Therefore, we systematically investigated action vigor, i.e., withholding vs. mere go responses, motivational orientation, avoidance, differentially change stimulus valence.Methods: In 73 healthy participants, contrasted...
Introduction: Unhealthy eating behavior is a major contributor to obesity and related diseases may be driven by automatic approach tendencies towards tasty but unhealthy foods. Approach-Avoidance interventions (AAI) have been proposed as remedy retrain biases help people eat in line with their dietary goals. Mobile implementations of AAI might represent useful, low threshold intervention its effectiveness has not established yet.Methods analysis: Participants the goal changing are randomized...