Too Impatient to Smell the Roses

Exposure to Fast Food Impedes Happiness

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21208712
AutoresJulian House (University of Toronto), Sanford E Devoe (0000-0002-0889-0488, University of Toronto), Chen-Bo Zhong (0000-0001-5265-1313, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Chen‐Bo Zhong (0009-0000-7882-8869, University of Toronto)
Ano2014
Volume5
Fascículo5
Páginas534-541
Data de publicação2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Psychological and Personality Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1948-5506 • E-ISSN: 1948-5514
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1948550613511498
OpenAlexW2105550235
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas37

We tested whether exposure to the ultimate symbols of an impatience culture—fast food—undermines people’s ability to experience happiness from savoring pleasurable experiences. Study 1 found that the concentration of fast-food restaurants in individuals’ neighborhoods predicted their tendencies to savor. Study 2 revealed that exposure to fast-food primes impeded participants’ ability to derive happiness from pictures of natural beauty. Study 3 showed that priming fast food undermined positive emotional responses to a beautiful melody by inducing greater impatience, measured by both subjective perception of time passage and self-reports of impatience experienced during the music. Together, these studies show that as pervasive symbols of impatience, fast food can inhibit savoring, producing negative consequences for how we experience pleasurable events

Aesthetics · Art · Beauty · Cognitive psychology · Happiness · Perception · Preference · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Multisensory perception and integration · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology