An Online Diary Study Testing the Role of Functional and Dysfunctional Self-Licensing in Unhealthy Snacking

dc.authorid Oner, Sezin/0000-0001-8124-3554
dc.authorid Sezer, Berke/0000-0003-1839-3394
dc.authorwosid oner, sezin/AAY-4603-2021
dc.contributor.author Sezer, Berke
dc.contributor.author Yaman, Sezin Öner
dc.contributor.author Oner, Sezin
dc.contributor.other Psychology
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-15T19:39:22Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-15T19:39:22Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.department Kadir Has University en_US
dc.department-temp [Sezer, Berke; Oner, Sezin] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkiye; [Sezer, Berke] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, TR-34083 Istanbul, Turkiye en_US
dc.description Oner, Sezin/0000-0001-8124-3554; Sezer, Berke/0000-0003-1839-3394 en_US
dc.description.abstract In the present study, we aimed to investigate how two types of self-licensing (functional and dysfunctional selflicensing) are related to unhealthy snack consumption. Self-licensing refers to the act of using justifications before gratifications and has been associated with higher snack consumption. Previous research has found that while functional self-licensing decreases unhealthy snack consumption, dysfunctional self-licensing increases the number of calories taken from unhealthy snacks. Building upon existing evidence, we addressed functional and dysfunctional self-licensing to investigate how self-licensing behaviors are associated with daily variables (i.e., stress and sleep) and unhealthy snacking habits. Participants (N = 124) were given a battery of measures at the start of the week and asked to send their snack consumption every night for a week via an online questionnaire, along with daily stress and sleep items. The data were analyzed with Hierarchical Linear Modelling. Neither selflicensing measures nor unhealthy snacking habits predicted unhealthy snack consumption. Daily stress was associated with lower unhealthy snack consumption. However, the interaction between daily stress and functional self-licensing was significant, suggesting that on stressful days functional self-licensers consume even fewer unhealthy snacks compared to less stressful days. Functional and dysfunctional self-licensing are rather new constructs which is why examining their effects is important for further research. However, in contrast to the existing evidence, we failed to find an effect of both types of self-licensing on snack consumption, suggesting the effect depends on potential contextual or individual-specific factors. Future research using a dieting sample is warranted for a better understanding of how functional and dysfunctional self-licensing operate. en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106389
dc.identifier.issn 0195-6663
dc.identifier.issn 1095-8304
dc.identifier.pmid 36414147
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q1
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.106389
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/6311
dc.identifier.volume 181 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:001075076200007
dc.identifier.wosquality Q1
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess en_US
dc.subject Functional self -licensing en_US
dc.subject Dysfunctional self -licensing en_US
dc.subject Sleep en_US
dc.subject Stress en_US
dc.subject Unhealthy snacking habit en_US
dc.subject Hierarchical linear modelling en_US
dc.title An Online Diary Study Testing the Role of Functional and Dysfunctional Self-Licensing in Unhealthy Snacking en_US
dc.type Article en_US
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