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dc.contributor.authorDevonport, Tracey
dc.contributor.authorChao-Hwa Chen-Wilson
dc.contributor.authorWendy Nicholls
dc.contributor.authorClaudio Robazza
dc.contributor.authorJonathan Y. Cagas
dc.contributor.authorJavier Fernandez-Montalvo
dc.contributor.authorYoungjun Choi
dc.contributor.authorMontse C. Ruiz
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-14T10:38:36Z
dc.date.available2022-06-14T10:38:36Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-30
dc.identifier.citationDevonport TJ, Chen-Wilson C-H, Nicholls W, Robazza C, Cagas JY, Fernández-Montalvo J, Choi Y and Ruiz MC (2022) Brief Remote Intervention to Manage Food Cravings and Emotions During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13:903096. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903096en
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078en
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/624798
dc.description© 2022 The Authors. Published by Frontiers Media. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903096/fullen
dc.description.abstractAs a result of the COVID-19 pandemic people have endured potentially stressful challenges which have influenced behaviours such as eating. This pilot study examined the effectiveness of two brief interventions aimed to help individuals deal with food cravings and associated emotional experiences. Participants were 165 individuals residing in United Kingdom, Finland, Philippines, Spain, Italy, Brazil, North America, South Korea, and China. The study was implemented remotely, thus without any contact with researchers, and involved two groups. Group one participants were requested to use daily diaries for seven consecutive days to assess the frequency of experience of their food cravings, frequency of giving in to cravings, and difficulty resisting cravings, as well as emotional states associated with their cravings. In addition to completing daily food diaries, participants in group two were asked to engage in mindful eating practice and forming implementation intentions. Participants assessed their perceived changes in eating, wellbeing, and health at the beginning and end of the intervention. Repeated measures MANOVAs indicated that participants experienced significantly less food cravings (i.e., craving experience, acting on cravings, difficulty resisting), as well as lower intensities of unpleasant states associated with cravings across time (T1 vs. T7). In contrast to our hypothesis, the main effects of the group (food craving diary vs. food craving diary and mindful eating practice) were not significant. Participants reported less eating and enhanced wellbeing at the end of the study (T7 vs. T1). Our findings can be used to inform future remote interventions to manage food cravings and associated emotions and highlight the need for alternative solutions to increase participant engagement.en
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.903096/fullen
dc.subjectlockdownen
dc.subjectconfinementen
dc.subjectemotionen
dc.subjectmindful eatingen
dc.subjectdiaryen
dc.titleBrief remote intervention to manage food cravings and emotions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot studyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.journalFrontiers in Psychologyen
dc.date.updated2022-06-14T08:39:42Z
dc.identifier.articlenumber903096
dc.date.accepted2022-06-10
rioxxterms.funderUniversity of Wolverhamptonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW14062022TDen
rioxxterms.versionVoRen
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2022-07-12en
dc.source.volume13
dc.source.beginpage1
refterms.dateFCD2022-06-14T10:38:06Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2022-07-13T06:34:24Z


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