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A comparison of acceptance- and control-based strategies for coping with food cravings : an analog study . The present study utilized an analog paradigm to investigate the effectiveness of two strategies for coping with food cravings , which was theorized to be critical to the maintenance of weight loss . Ninety-eight undergraduate students were given transparent boxes of chocolate Hershey 's Kisses and instructed to keep the chocolates with them , but not to eat them , for 48 h. Before receiving the Kisses , participants were randomized to receive either ( a ) no intervention , ( b ) instruction in control-based coping strategies such as distraction and cognitive restructuring , or ( c ) instruction in acceptance-based strategies such as experiential acceptance and defusion techniques . Measures included the Power of Food Scale ( PFS ; a measure of psychological sensitivity to the food environment ) , self-report ratings of chocolate cravings and surreptitiously recorded chocolate consumption . Results suggested that the effect of the intervention depended on baseline PFS levels , such that acceptance-based strategies were associated with better outcomes ( cravings , consumption ) among those reporting the highest susceptibility to the presence of food , but greater cravings among those who scored lowest on the PFS . It was observed that craving self-report measures predicted chocolate consumption , and baseline PFS levels predicted both cravings and consumption . Results are discussed in terms of the implications for weight loss maintenance strategies .
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Intervention_Educational
given transparent boxes of chocolate Hershey 's Kisses and instructed to keep the chocolates with them
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Intervention_Control
no intervention
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Intervention_Educational
instruction in control-based coping strategies such as distraction and cognitive restructuring
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Intervention_Educational
instruction in acceptance-based strategies such as experiential acceptance and defusion techniques
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Outcome_Other
analog paradigm
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Outcome_Other
effectiveness
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Outcome_Other
Power of Food Scale ( PFS ; a measure of psychological sensitivity to the food environment )
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Outcome_Other
self-report ratings of chocolate cravings and surreptitiously recorded chocolate consumption
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
effect
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Outcome_Other
baseline PFS levels
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Outcome_Other
cravings , consumption
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Outcome_Other
craving self-report measures
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Outcome_Mental
chocolate consumption
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Outcome_Other
PFS levels
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Participant_Sample-size
Ninety-eight
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Participant_Condition
Kisses