Is comfort food really good for the soul? A Replication of Troisi and Gabriel's (2011) Study 2

• Main Authors: ONG, Lay See, IJzerman, Hans, LEUNG, Ka Yee Angela
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: replication; comfort food; loneliness; embodied cognition; Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1677; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2934/viewcontent/Is_comfort_food.pdf; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2934/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/data_sheet_1.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We report the results of three high-powered replications of Troisi and Gabriel's (2011) idea that writing about comfort food reduces feelings of loneliness amongst securely attached individuals after a belongingness threat. We conducted our studies amongst a large group of participants (Total N...