Different Foods for Different Moods: A Study into Emotional Eating (Part 2)

This cross-sectional study will collect quantitative data to report findings on food choice and preference in response to different emotional states, and how these relationships are moderated by individual differences. Participants will complete a survey online which will be designed in Qualtrics and distributed through Prolific and the Experimental Hours (SONA) system. In a random order, 21 familiar foods will be depicted in colour photographs. For each they will rate its imagined taste pleasantness (liking), their desire to eat the food (reward value), and their likelihood of eating the food if they were feeling X emotion. After completing the food ratings, participants will be asked for demographic data, including body weight and height, and they will complete various individual difference measures, including the Yale Food Addiction Scale. The survey is expected to take up to 40 minutes.