Strength and conflicting valence in the measurement of food attitudes and preferences

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 483-494

  Olsen, Svein Ottar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Attitude and preference measurement; Middlemost choice; Review and research propositions; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033228561     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3293(99)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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