Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the thinnest one of all? Effects of self-awareness on consumption of full-fat, reduced-fat, and no-fat products

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 944-949

  Sentyrz, Stacey M ^b   Bushman, Brad J ^a  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0032238273     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.83.6.944     Document Type: Article

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