Demand characteristics of the research setting can influence indexes of negative affect-induced eating in obese individuals

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-136

  Faith, Myles S ^a   Wong, Frank Y ^a   Allison, David B ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand characteristics; Expectancy effects; Food diaries; Psychosomatic model; Self fulfilling prophecy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EATING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET RECORDS; EATING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0032012565     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00327.x     Document Type: Article

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