본 연구는 섭식을 억제하려는 사람들이 섭식의 억제를 방해하는 요인, 즉 사전음식을 섭취 할 때 어떤 섭식행동을 보이며, 섭식의 억제 과정에서 사적 자기주의가 섭식행동에 어떤 기능을 하는지 알아보고자 했다. 실험설계는 2(억제수준)×2(사전음식섭취)×3(사적자기주의) 완전무선요인설계였다. 각 조건에 15명씩 총 180명의 여대생이 참여하였다. 그 결과, 음식의 섭취를 억제하려는 사람이라도 사전 음식의 섭취가 섭식의 억제를 방해하는 요인으로 영향용 미쳐서 섭식억제 기준이 낮아지거나 인식되지 않을 때 다시 체형관련 사적 자기주의를 유도하면 먹는 양을 조절하게 된다는 본 연구의 기본 가설이 지지되었다. 한편, 섭식억제자들과 달리 섭식비억제자들은 섭식행동이 생리적 포만 수준이라는 내적 단서에 따라서 조절되는 섭식행동을 보였다. 특히, 섭식억제자들의 섭식행동에서 섭식비억제자들과 달리 자기주의의 단면들 가운데 특히 체형관련 사적 자기주의가 중요한 섭식억제 기능을 한다고 결론지을 수 있다. 본 연구의 중요한 시사점, 제한점 등이 논의되었다.
This study investigated factors that affect restrained eaters· eating behaviors. Especially, which factors facilitate or prohibit the inhibition of eating behaviors, and whether the private self-focused attention influences on eating behaviors to the restrained eaters were examined. The experimental design was a 2 (restraint level: restraint/non-restraint)×2(preloading: 0cc/235cc)×3(private self-focused attention: weight or body shape related self-focused/personality related self-focused/private self unrelated attention) completely randomized factorial design. Participants were 180 college females, 15 females in each condition. The main findings of this study are as follows. First, the restraint level by the preloading two-way interaction effect was significant. In the simple main effect analysis, the restrained eaters ate more ice cream in the preloading condition than in the non-preloading condition. But non-restrained eaters ate less ice cream in the preloading condition than in the non-preloading condition. Second, the restraint level by the preloading by the private self-focused attention three-way interaction was significant. The restrained eaters in the weight-or body shape related private self-focused attention condition ate ice cream almost equally both in the preloading condition and in the non-preloading condition. The non-restrained eaters in the weight-or body shape related private self-focused attention condition ate ice cream nearly identically both in the preloading condition and in the non-preloading condition. These results suggest that the weight or body shape private self-focused attention play an important role in regulating eating behaviors. The significance, Implications, and limitations of this study were discussed.