Effects of false weight feedback on mood, self-evaluation, and food intake in restrained and unrestrained eaters

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 312-318

  McFarlane, Traci ^a   Polivy, Janet ^a   Peter Herman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD; SELF ESTEEM; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0031863275     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.107.2.312     Document Type: Article

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