Distal and proximal predictors of snacking at work: A daily-survey study
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This study aimed at examining predictors of healthy and unhealthy snacking at work. As proximal predictors we looked at food-choice motives (health motive, affect-regulation motive); as distal predictors we included organizational eating climate, emotional eating, and self-control demands at work. We collected daily survey data from 247 employees, over a period of 2 workweeks. Multilevel structural equation modeling showed that organizational eating climate predicted health as food-choice motive, whereas emotional eating and self-control demands predicted affect regulation as food-choice motive. The health motive, in turn, predicted consuming more fruits and more cereal bars and less sweet snacks; the affect-regulation motive predicted consuming more sweet snacks. Findings highlight the importance of a health-promoting eating climate within the organization and point to the potential harm of high self-control demands at work.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Applied Psychology |
Volume | 102 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 151-162 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISSN | 0021-9010 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01.02.2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
- Health sciences - Diary, Eating, Food motives, Organizational climate, Self-control demands
- Business psychology