Self-control, food choices, and affective well-being in daily life: an experience sampling study.

ABSTRACT: Food-related decisions are one of the most frequently subject to self-control failure and play a significant role in regulating mood and emotions. Failure to exercise self-control itself is associated with negative outcomes, including poor mental health and happiness. As such, prior research examined the link between food related lack of self-control as a personality trait or experiences of loss of control in food choices with emotional states, general affect and mood, referred to as affective well-being. However, these studies often focused on either trait or state self-control. This study examines how individual differences in eating-related lack of self-control and daily experiences of loss control in food choices are jointly related to affective well-being, captured daily as feelings a

SUBMITTER: Sleboda P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12817966 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature