Abstract
This experimental study investigated whether emotions while watching TV have an effect on social modelling of food intake among children. The participants (N = 112) were asked to watch a movie with a same-sex normal-weight confederate who was instructed to either eat nothing or eat a standardized amount of snack food (10 chocolate-coated peanuts). The study involved a three (movie clips happy, neutral and sad) by two (peer’s food intake: no intake versus a standardized intake) between-participants design. There was a significant interaction between the movie clip condition and intake condition (F(2, 102) = 3.30, P = 0.04, Cohen’s f2 = 0.20) which means that the movie clips influenced the effect of the peer confederate on children’s food intake. Children modelled the food intake of a peer when watching an either happy or sad movie clip but not when watching a neutral movie clip. The findings might suggest that children eat more mindlessly when watching an emotional movie with a peer whereas a neutral emotional state makes children less susceptible to the food intake of a peer. As people often watch TV together or have ‘movie nights’ with snack foods, it is important to educate people about the joint impact of peers and watching TV on food intake.
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