Response disinhibition in obese--adolescent females
1982
Johnston, Janice L. | Miles, J. Elizabeth | Barham, Richard M.
The response disinhibition (R-D) hypothesis, offering a theoretical explanation of psychological processes involved in the development of the obese state, is tested by comparing the Einstellung effect for cognitive rigidity (CR) between 33 obese-adolescent and 35 normal adolescent females (ages- 14-20). A form of CR was demonstrated by significantly more of the obese than the normal subjects in solving a set of mathematical problems. Hence, these results support the R-D hypothesis which proposes that obese-adolescent females experience difficulty in halting an on-going response. Chi-square tests of independence were used to assess the study results. (wz)
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